REsuscitation Survey of Police Officers in New Taipei City for Duty

For patients with emergency cardiopulmonary arrest before arriving at the hospital, every second counts, especially good early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, CPR) and early use of automated external defibrillator (Automated External Defibrillator, referred to as AED), which can increase the patient's recovery of autonomous cardiopulmonary opportunity to cycle. After the introduction of online Dispatch-assisted CPR from Taipei, the survival rate and the rate of discharge with good neurology improved. Unfortunately, due to the limitations of manpower space and policies, the proportion and time from the successful identification of cardiopulmonary arrest to the first use of public electric shock is still relatively long. Ten guidelines recommended by the Global Resuscitation Alliance to improve survival for patients with pre-hospital cardiac arrest also recommend including police as first responders. Through more intensive manpower distribution, response times and shock times can be reduced, and these advances have also successfully improved survival rates. According to studies in the United States and Switzerland in 2002 and 2017, respectively, the police arrived at the scene faster than the emergency medical technician, which is also in line with the purpose of reducing reaction time and improving the survival rate of patients. No county or city in Taiwan has officially included the police in the OHCA dispatch. This study uses a questionnaire survey to understand the New Taipei City police's willingness to participate in the first aid and resuscitation of patients with cardiopulmonary arrest before hospitalization. At the same time, we will further analyze and understand the assistance and resistance of participating in emergency resuscitation. After the study is completed, courses such as education and training will be designed according to the results, and efforts will be made to reduce resistance, so that the police can be more involved in pre-hospital emergency resuscitation, in order to further improve the survival chances of patients with pre-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest.