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Smartphone-dispatched community responders in OHCA

Public Access Defibrillation by Activated Community First Responders - the randomized HeartRunner Trial
Resuscitation Plus · Added 27 July 2026

Study on: Public Access Defibrillation by Activated Community First Responders - the randomized HeartRunner Trial. No abstract available for detailed assessment.

Study type

RCT

Design

Investigator-initiated randomised controlled trial (protocol paper)

Participants

15,401 registered community first responders in a Danish region of ~1.9 million; planned randomisation of 4,188 suspected OHCA cases

Caveat

Protocol paper; results not yet available (trial due to complete February 2026)

Bottom line

Context only

Learning goal

Strengthen my judgement on how smartphone-dispatched community responders can improve early defibrillation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

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• Topic: Cardiac arrest
• Daily scan: 27 July 2026

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