Volunteer Responders: Increasing Survival Rates of Cardiac Arrest Incidents

Volunteer Responders: Increasing Survival Rates of Cardiac Arrest Incidents: 8 November, 14:30 (CET).

It has been proven that dispatch of volunteer responders to OHCA is associated with increased survival rates, and the CPR guidelines of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) recommend establishing such systems.

This webinar will explain the chain of survival, CPR and defibrillation and explore the ERC guidelines on establishing volunteer responder systems. Our speakers will share their experience of setting up a volunteer responder programme in Denmark, and share research findings about the association between the number of volunteer responders and CPR and defibrillation at OHCA incidents, before EMS arrival.

Join this webinar if you are interested in finding out the benefits of volunteer responder programmes and the impact they can have on the chain of survival.

Recording

Video: Becoming a volunteer

Presentation

Presented by

David Fredman

Heartrunner

David Fredman is co-founder of the Heartrunner system and has a background in clinical medicine and research with a PhD in Medicine from Karolinska Institutet. David is co-chair of EENAs tech & ops committee and a member of the Swedish CPR council. Over the years David has nursed an interest in exploring methods to save lives in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest through early intervention. He was the driving force behind setting up the Swedish National AED registry and the topic for his PhD thesis was optimal location for AED installation and logistics to increase AED use.

Mads Christian Tofte Gregers

Mads Gregers is a medical doctor with a PhD in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and volunteer responder programs. Mads is currently a board member of the Steering Committee of the Danish Volunteer Responder Program.

EENA