Development and Evaluation of a Mobile Devices Application to Assist with Basic Life Support Decisions
- Sudden cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death world wide, with about 100.000 to 150.000 cases each year in Germany alone [Weidringer and Sefrin, 2006]. This means that annually one out of 1000 citizens are affected [Bahr, 2007]. At standard conditions the human brain has a relative low ischemic1 tolerance. Therefore after 3 - 5 minutes without therapy, irreversible damage is to be expected. The rate of survival drops 7% - 10% each minute, without resuscitation [Bahr, 2007]. Since the arrival of the organized emergency medical service usually takes more than 5 minutes after the emergency call [Wahlen et al., 2003, Weisfeldt et al., 2010], the instant and adequate resuscitation by bystanders in this period is of vital importance. The advantage of basic life support2 (BLS) by laymen shows a fourfold higher rate of survival, once resuscitation has begun, until the arrival of the emergency medical service [Bahr, 2007].
Author: | Christian Streibl |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:840-opus-574 |
Document Type: | Master's Thesis |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2012 |
Publishing Institution: | Hochschule Heilbronn |
Release Date: | 2012/12/14 |
Tag: | Application; Development; Evaluation |
GND Keyword: | Bewertung; Entwicklung |
Faculty: | Informatik / Medizinische Informatik |
DDC classes: | 000 Allgemeines, Informatik, Informationswissenschaft / 000 Allgemeines, Wissenschaft / 004 Informatik |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung |