About CARAMBA

A research project built around local communities.

CARAMBA works with public housing communities to improve cardiac arrest response through better access to defibrillators, practical training and recruitment of volunteer responders.

Project foundation

One coordinated local intervention

CARAMBA combines research, practical interventions and local partnerships to make cardiac arrest response more accessible where people live.

01

Aim

To improve the opportunity for early resuscitation and defibrillation before ambulance arrival.

02

Method

Strategic defibrillator deployment, practical training and local recruitment of volunteer responders.

03

Local anchoring

The intervention is developed and implemented with housing organisations, residents and local partners.

The people behind CARAMBA

Project team

The project team is responsible for research, coordination, training, communication and the local implementation of CARAMBA.

Carolina Malta Hansen – Clinical Research Associate Professor and Specialist in Cardiology

Carolina Malta Hansen

Clinical Research Associate Professor and Specialist in Cardiology

Principal Investigator and project lead

Fredrik Folke – Clinical Professor

Fredrik Folke

Clinical Professor

Head of research and co-supervisor

Anne Juul Grabmayr – Postdoctoral Researcher and Medical Doctor

Anne Juul Grabmayr

Postdoctoral Researcher and Medical Doctor

Founder of the research initiative that led to CARAMBA

Linn Charlotte Andelius – Postdoctoral Researcher and Medical Doctor

Linn Charlotte Andelius

Postdoctoral Researcher and Medical Doctor

School engagement and educational partnerships

Annam Sheikh – PhD Student and Medical Doctor

Annam Sheikh

PhD Student and Medical Doctor

Morten Gram Sell – Project Manager and Communications Consultant

Morten Gram Sell

Project Manager and Communications Consultant

Communication, outreach and public engagement

André Djerff Lund – Project Coordinator, Paramedic and Medical Student

André Djerff Lund

Project Coordinator, Paramedic and Medical Student

Courses, coordination and local implementation

Nikolai Louis Kleftås Thaarup – Project Coordinator and Paramedic Student

Nikolai Louis Kleftås Thaarup

Project Coordinator and Paramedic Student

Courses, coordination and community outreach

Organisation

Steering group

The steering group supports CARAMBA through strategic guidance, organisational anchoring and overall project oversight.

Fredrik Folke

Clinical Professor

Gunnar Gislason

Steering group member

Freddy Lippert

Steering group member

Jesper Kjærgaard

Steering group member

Christian Hassager

Steering group member

Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen

Steering group member

Annette Ersbøll

Steering group member

Anne Juul Grabmayr

Postdoctoral Researcher and Medical Doctor

Annam Sheikh

PhD Student

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