TY - JOUR
T1 - [In Press] Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and basic life support guidelines for people with disability : a scoping review
AU - Deegan, Elisha
AU - Lewis, Peter
AU - Wilson, Nathan J.
AU - Pullin, Laynie H.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Purpose: To explore literature, policies or procedures available to care providers on how to deliver CPR and BLS to people with a disability, for whom the current standard guidelines are not fit for purpose. Material and Methods: A scoping review was conducted using four databases, namely, CINHAL, PubMed, Scopus, Medline and Google Scholar. Keywords used included, disab*, wheelchairs, cardiopulmonary, resuscitation, “basic life support”, life support care, and bystander CPR. 1119 papers were retrieved and 1043 were screened following removal of 76 for duplication. 18 full text articles were reviewed and 5 met the inclusion criteria. Results: The five articles were from three counties and included one case study, three expert opinion papers and one intervention study. Four of the papers advocated in favour of improved CPR and BLS guidelines and three of the papers discussed techniques and ideas for supplementation of standard CPR and BLS. Conclusion: The scoping review has uncovered a paucity of evidence explaining delivery of CPR and BLS for people with disability and highlights the need for further research. In the absence of further evidence, it is reasonable for educators to provide ideas and discussion about supplementing CPR and BLS for people with disability to carers.
AB - Purpose: To explore literature, policies or procedures available to care providers on how to deliver CPR and BLS to people with a disability, for whom the current standard guidelines are not fit for purpose. Material and Methods: A scoping review was conducted using four databases, namely, CINHAL, PubMed, Scopus, Medline and Google Scholar. Keywords used included, disab*, wheelchairs, cardiopulmonary, resuscitation, “basic life support”, life support care, and bystander CPR. 1119 papers were retrieved and 1043 were screened following removal of 76 for duplication. 18 full text articles were reviewed and 5 met the inclusion criteria. Results: The five articles were from three counties and included one case study, three expert opinion papers and one intervention study. Four of the papers advocated in favour of improved CPR and BLS guidelines and three of the papers discussed techniques and ideas for supplementation of standard CPR and BLS. Conclusion: The scoping review has uncovered a paucity of evidence explaining delivery of CPR and BLS for people with disability and highlights the need for further research. In the absence of further evidence, it is reasonable for educators to provide ideas and discussion about supplementing CPR and BLS for people with disability to carers.
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:78654
U2 - 10.1080/09638288.2024.2337098
DO - 10.1080/09638288.2024.2337098
M3 - Article
JO - Disability and Rehabilitation
JF - Disability and Rehabilitation
ER -