Vital minutes—cardiac arrest and the essence of time

Abstract

The vision with this project is making people working with cardiac arrest, both bystanders and paramedics, use the time and act correctly. Research about cardiac arrest was performed in order to find further focus areas to answer the question: How can we reduce time in emergency situations with cardiac arrest outside the hospital? A user study was made and two questionnaires were given to the Sundsvall ambulance and SOS workers. Different needs were subjected into a brainstorm. The user study and questionnaires gave ideas about what needs should be considered in the ideation. The ideas created were: (1) application for cardiac arrest (information about emergency situation, guidelines etc.), (2) redesign pre-filled syringes package (3) cardiac arrest kit for pre-filled packages (bystanders and paramedics). The purpose was ultimately to reduce mortality in cardiac arrest. Further studies need to be carried out to find a way to make lifesaving efforts more efficient.