Cardiac Arrest: Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest on the Soccer Pitch—How Implementation of Digital Solutions into the Chain of Survival Can Help with a Favorable Outcome
Liederwald L, Graw JA (2023)
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature
Series: Lessons from the ICU
Book Volume: Part F1812
Pages Range: 325-334
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-36398-6_32
Abstract
Pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (POHCA) is rare and survival rates are poor. Improved survival and increased favorable neurological outcome after OHCA was observed when bystanders started high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) within the very first minutes after the collapse. Therefore, modern concepts commenced to incorporate smartphone-based activation of community first responders to OHCAs. Here we report the case of a 7-year-old boy who collapsed on the soccer field during soccer training. Besides alarming the Emergency Medical Services, the Fire Brigade Control Center forwarded the emergency call to users of a smartphone-based application for civilian resuscitation in the vicinity. A thus informed helper, coincidentally passing the soccer fields, initiated high-quality CPR. The subsequently arriving professional emergency medical teams were able to successfully resuscitate the young patient and—after learning he suffered from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—transferred him to a specialized cardiac center. There, he received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator and recovered from the event without any neurological deficit. This case demonstrates how modern digital solutions can assist in OHCA to achieve a favorable outcome. A widespread network of digitally interconnected first responders is a highly valuable support system with great potential for timely and high-quality treatment of critically ill patients in the community.
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APA:
Liederwald, L., & Graw, J.A. (2023). Cardiac Arrest: Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest on the Soccer Pitch—How Implementation of Digital Solutions into the Chain of Survival Can Help with a Favorable Outcome. In (pp. 325-334). Springer Nature.
MLA:
Liederwald, Leonie, and Jan Adriaan Graw. "Cardiac Arrest: Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest on the Soccer Pitch—How Implementation of Digital Solutions into the Chain of Survival Can Help with a Favorable Outcome." Springer Nature, 2023. 325-334.
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