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Decision making in prehospital sudden cardiac arrest. Ann Emerg Med 1986 Apr;15(4):445-9

Date

04/01/1986

Pubmed ID

3954180

DOI

10.1016/s0196-0644(86)80185-8

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0022457978 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   73 Citations

Abstract

Many studies of prehospital resuscitation report on selected populations. We examined a series of 445 unselected nontraumatic cardiac arrests. Emergency cardiac care (ECC) was not initiated in 126 (28%). ECC was begun in 319 (78%), but was terminated in 132 (33%). Ninety-four (21%) were admitted to the hospital with palpable pulses and organized rhythm (successful resuscitation/save rate for patients presenting in ventricular fibrillation was 50%/25%. Multivariate regression analysis was used to identify the relative importance of significant variables in predicting survival, and the analysis identified the presence of ventricular fibrillation, short paramedic response times, and short paramedic treatment times.

Author List

Aprahamian C, Thompson BM, Gruchow HW, Mateer JR, Tucker JF, Stueven HA, Darin JC

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Aged
Emergencies
Emergency Medical Technicians
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Female
Heart Arrest
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Resuscitation
Time Factors
Ventricular Fibrillation