Volunteer responder provision of support to relatives of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients: a qualitative study.

Objectives: Smartphone dispatch of volunteer responders for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is implemented worldwide. While basic life support courses prepare participants to provide CPR, the courses rarely address the possibility of meeting a family member or relative in crisis. This study aimed to examine volunteer responders' provision of support to relatives of cardiac arrest patients and how relatives experienced the interaction with volunteer responders.

Immediate psychological impact on citizen responders dispatched through a mobile application to out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.

Background: Activating citizen responders may increase survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) but could induce significant psychological impact on the citizen responders. We examined psychological impact among citizen responders within the first days following resuscitation attempt.

Methods And Results: A mobile phone application to activate citizen responders to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was implemented in the Capital Region of Denmark.

Stress reactions in a tertiary oto-rhino-laryngological department during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Danish Capital region.

Background: Health care workers (HCW) at otorhinolaryngological departments have an increased risk of contracting COVID-19, due to aerosol-inducing diagnostic and surgical procedures in the airways. The ongoing exposure to physical and psychological stressors could impact the mental health of HCW.

Aim/objective: To investigate the impact on mental health in an otorhinolaryngological department during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health among healthcare workers in ear-nose-throat clinics.

Introduction: During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was established that otorhinolaryngologists were at a high risk of contracting the infection due to examinations of the upper airways. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health among healthcare workers (HCWs) in primary ear-nose-throat (ENT) practices.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional questionnaire study among HCWs assessing symptoms of anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder, ten-item scale) and depression (Patients Health Questionnaire, nine-item scale).

Risk of post-traumatic stress disorder among Danish junior medical officers deployed to Afghanistan is not increased.

Introduction: Since August 2006, the Danish Armed Forces have deployed junior medical officers (JMOs) to the Helmand Province in Afghanistan. Research has shown an increased incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in deployed military personnel throughout the history of modern warfare. No investigation of the mental health of Danish military medical personnel has been performed.