293 Barriers in Telephone CPR Instruction by 911 Dispatchers for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR) instruction is crucial by 911 telecommunicators (Tcom) prior to emergency medical services (EMS) arrival for identified out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA). Timely identification of OOHCA and successful T-CPR instructions are important for improved survival and neurological outcome. This study aims to describe barriers in providing T-CPR instruction to reporting parties (RP) in an urban 911 Dispatch center prior to the COVID-19 pandemic compared to during the COVID-19 pandemic.