Publications by authors named "Julie Samsoee Kjoelbye"
Background: Strategies to reach out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (called cardiac arrest) in residential areas and reduce disparities in care and outcomes are warranted. This study investigated incidences of cardiac arrests in public housing areas.
Methods: This register-based cohort study included cardiac arrest patients from Amsterdam (the Netherlands) from 2016 to 2021, Copenhagen (Denmark) from 2016 to 2021, and Vienna (Austria) from 2018 to 2021.
Background: Volunteer responder (VR) programs for activation of laypersons in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) have been deployed worldwide, but the optimal number of VRs to dispatch is unknown.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between the number of VRs arriving before Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the proportion of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation.
Methods: We included OHCAs not witnessed by EMS with VR activation from the Capital Region (September 2, 2017, to May 14, 2019) and the Central Region of Denmark (November 5, 2018, to December 31, 2019).
Rendezvous between ambulances and prehospital physicians in the Capital Region of Denmark: a descriptive study.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med
October 2022
Background: In a two-tier Emergency Medical Services response system with ambulances and physician-staffed rapid response vehicles, both units are ideally dispatched simultaneously when a physician is needed. However, when advanced resources are dispatched secondarily, a meeting point (rendezvous) is established to reduce time to advanced care. This study aims to assess the extent of rendezvous tasks, patient groups involved and physician contribution when rendezvous is activated between the primary ambulances and rapid response vehicles in the Capital Region of Denmark.
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- A study was conducted to assess the levels of CPR and AED training in the Danish population and among volunteer responders, using an electronic survey sent out in November 2018.
- The results showed a significant difference in training levels, with 81% of the general population and 99% of volunteer responders reporting CPR training, and 54% vs. 89.5% for AED training.
- The findings suggest that while training is widespread, there’s a need for new strategies to ensure that unemployed and self-employed individuals have equal access to CPR/AED training opportunities.
Aims: Little is known about automated external defibrillator (AED) functionality in real-life settings. We aimed to assess the functionality of all registered AEDs in a geographically selected area and calculate the proportion of historical out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) covered by non-functioning AEDs.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study we inspected all registered and available AEDs on the island of Bornholm in Denmark.
Background Little is known about how COVID-19 influenced engagement of citizen responders dispatched to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) by a smartphone application. The objective was to describe and analyze the Danish Citizen Responder Program and bystander interventions (both citizen responders and nondispatched bystanders) during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. Methods and Results All OHCAs from January 1, 2020, to June 30, 2020, with citizen responder activation in 2 regions of Denmark were included.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To investigate whether real-time ventilation feedback would improve provider adherence to ventilation guidelines.
Design: Non-blinded randomised controlled simulation trial.
Setting: One Emergency Medical Service trust in Copenhagen.
Aim: First responder (FR) programmes dispatch professional FRs (police and/or firefighters) or citizen responders to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use automated external defibrillators (AED) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). We aimed to describe management of FR-programmes across Europe in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Methods: In June 2020, we conducted a cross-sectional survey sent to OHCA registry representatives in 18 European countries with active FR-programmes.