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Association of the COVID-19 pandemic with bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in North Taiwan
  1. Ting Li Tai1,
  2. Chia-Yin Hsieh2,
  3. Chih Hsuan Chen1,
  4. Yu-Nong Lai3,
  5. Chien Chieh Hsieh3,4,5
  1. 1 Department of Medical Education, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
  2. 2 Department of Medical Education, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
  3. 3 Department of Emergency, Ten Chan Hospital, Chung Li, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
  4. 4 Department of Emergency, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
  5. 5 Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, taipei, Taiwan
  1. Correspondence to Dr Chien Chieh Hsieh, Emergency, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, No.21, Sec. 2, Nanya S. Rd., Banqiao Dist., New Taipei City 220, Taiwan; Hsiehchienchieh{at}gmail.com; Dr Yu-Nong Lai, Emergency, Ten Chan General Hospital, No. 155, Yanping Rd., Zhongli Dist., Taoyuan City 320, Taiwan; dlai5888{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2023-213529

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    We read with great interest the article by Keita Shibahashi and colleagues entitled ‘Association of the COVID-19 pandemic with bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a population-based analysis in Tokyo, Japan’.1 In the past 2 years, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we expected a decrease in the bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) rate. However, research conducted by Keita Shibahashi’s group suggests otherwise. Jiun-Hao Yu and colleagues’ study2 also mentioned that before and during the …

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    • Contributors TLT—analysis and interpretation of data, and drafting the work. C-YH—acquisition of data. CHC—interpretation of data. Y-NL—revision of the work. CCH—conception and design, revision of the work and final approval of the version.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.