Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public attitudes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and publicly accessible defibrillator use in the UK

TY - JOUR

T1 - Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public attitudes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and publicly accessible defibrillator use in the UK

AU - Hawkes, Claire A.

AU - Kander, Ines

AU - Contreras, Abraham

AU - Ji, Chen

AU - Brown, Terry P.

AU - Booth, Scott

AU - Siriwardena, A. Niroshan

AU - Fothergill, Rachael T.

AU - Williams, Julia

AU - Rees, Nigel

AU - Stephenson, Estelle

AU - Perkins, Gavin D.

N1 - Funding Information: The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Claire A. Hawkes, Inès Kander, Terry P. Brown, Scott Booth, Abraham Contreras and Chen Ji, and Gavin D. Perkins are employed by the University of Warwick, which receives grants from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the Resuscitation Council (UK) for the conduct of the Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest outcomes project. Funding Information: The survey was conducted by YouGov on behalf of the Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes (OHCAO) team. Questions were developed by the authors, and YouGov provided suggestions to improve clarity and understandability. The following ambulance services participate in the OHCAO project: East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust/Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Gwasanaethau Ambiwlans Cymru, West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust, Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust. This study was conducted by the OHCAO Registry team whose work is funded by research grants from the British Heart Foundation and the Resuscitation Council UK. Gavin Perkins and Terry Brown are supported by funding from the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West Midlands. Funding Information: Terry P. Brown is supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West Midlands. Funding Information: This study was conducted by the OHCAO Registry team whose work is funded by research grants from the British Heart Foundation and the Resuscitation Council UK. Gavin Perkins and Terry Brown are supported by funding from the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West Midlands. Funding Information: Gavin D. Perkins is an Editorial Board Member for Resuscitation Plus and is supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West Midlands and Director of Research for the Intensive Care Foundation. Funding Information: A. Niroshan Siriwardena currently receives research funding from the NIHR, the Medical Research Council, Health and Care Research Wales, and Health Education England.

PY - 2022/6

Y1 - 2022/6

KW - Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

KW - Resuscitation

KW - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

KW - Public access defibrillator

KW - Education campaigns

KW - COVID-19

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85132385348&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.resplu.2022.100256

DO - 10.1016/j.resplu.2022.100256

M3 - Article

SN - 2666-5204

VL - 10

JO - RESUSCITATION PLUS

JF - RESUSCITATION PLUS

M1 - 100256

ER -