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Table 4 Dispatcher assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation characteristics

From: Emergency medical dispatch services across Pan-Asian countries: a web-based survey

DS

Seoul

Tokyo

Miri

Davao

Tainan

Singapore

Bangkok

Country

Korea

Japan

Malaysia

Philippines

Taiwan

Singapore

Thailand

Year Introduced

2011

1994

2013

2017

2013

2011

1995

Year Data Collected

2015

2015

2016

2016

2013

2016

2017

DACPR in > 1 Language

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Dispatch Staff Trained (%)

100

100

100

60

100

100

80

Script Source

Internally Developed

Internally Developed

Commercially Acquired

Internally Developed

Internally Developed

Internally Developed

Internally Developed

Computer or Card-Based

Card Based

Computer Aided

Computer Aided

Computer Aided

Card Based

Computer Aided

Card Based

DACPR Instructions

Compression Only

Compression Only

Compression Only

Compression Only

Compression Only

Compression Only

Compression Only

 30:2 CPR in Specific Indications

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

 Lookout for AEDs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

DACPR Feedback

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

 OHCA Survivors

No

No

No

NA

Yes

Yes

No

 Positive Feedback

No

No

Yes

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Corrective Feedback

Yes

No

Yes

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Missed OHCA Recognition

Yes

Yes

Yes

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

  1. OHCA Out of hospital cardiac arrest, DS Dispatch service, DACPR Dispatcher assisted cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, CPR Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, AED Automated external defibrillator