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. 2020 Jan 7;20:1. doi: 10.1186/s12873-019-0299-1

Table 4.

Dispatcher assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation characteristics

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

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