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The aim of this study was to determine community application of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills in an emergency, and, thus, assess the value of training programmes in raising community competence. A cross-sectional telephone survey of the Western Australian population was chosen randomly (n=803). An urban sub-sample (n=100) performed a practical demonstration of CPR skills using a simulated...
Study objective: To describe the epidemiology and survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Design: Longitudinal follow-up study from the time of paramedic attendance to 12 months later. Setting: Perth, Western Australia (WA), a metropolitan capital city with an adult population of approximately one million people. Method: The St John Ambulance Australia (WA Ambulance Service Incorporated) cardiac...
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