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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.
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- The study analyzed patterns of citizen responder availability during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) incidents in Denmark, focusing on variations by time of day and day of the week.
- Citizen responders were found to be more active and likely to accept alarms during the evening and on weekends, resulting in a higher percentage arriving before Emergency Medical Services.
- Despite the increased responder presence during certain times, there was no significant difference in the quality of care provided, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation or defibrillation, regardless of when responders arrived.