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Kim JH, Wi DH, Lee JH, Song HJ, Shin SD, Ro YS, Bae KH. Effects of cholesterol levels on outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a cross-sectional study. Clin Exp Emerg Med 2019; 6:242-249. [PMID: 31571440 PMCID: PMC6774009 DOI: 10.15441/ceem.18.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2018] [Accepted: 10/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Objective High cholesterol level is a risk factor for coronary artery disease, and coronary artery disease is a major risk factor for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). However, the effect of cholesterol level on outcomes of OHCA has been poorly studied. This study aimed to determine the effect of cholesterol level on outcomes of OHCA. Methods This cross-sectional study used the CAPTURES (Cardiac Arrest Pursuit Trial with Unique Registration and Epidemiologic Surveillance) project database in Korea. Multivariable conditional logistic regression analysis was performed to estimate the effect of cholesterol level on outcomes in OHCA. Results In all, 584 cases of OHCA were analyzed; those with cholesterol levels <120 mg/dL were classified as having low total cholesterol (TC) (n=197), those with levels ranging from 120–199 mg/dL as middle TC (n=322), and those with ≥200 mg/dL as high TC (n=65). Compared to low TC, more patients with middle TC and high TC survived to discharge (9.1% vs. 22.0% and 26.2%, respectively, P=0.001). The good cerebral performance category also increased in that order (4.1 % vs. 14.6% and 23.1%, respectively, P≤0.001). Comparing middle TC and high TC with low TC, adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) were 1.97 (1.06 to 3.64) and 2.53 (1.08 to 5.92) for survival to discharge, respectively, and 2.53 (1.07 to 5.98) and 4.73 (1.63 to 13.71) for good neurological recovery, respectively. Conclusion Higher cholesterol is associated with better outcomes in OHCA; cholesterol level is a good predictor of outcomes of OHCA.
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- Jong Hwan Kim
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Wonkwang University Sanbon Hospital, Gunpo, Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Wonkwang University Sanbon Hospital, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Gunpo, Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Wonkwang University Sanbon Hospital, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Gunpo, Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Wonkwang University Sanbon Hospital, Gunpo, Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Laboratory of Emergency Medical Services, Seoul National University Hospital Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul, Korea
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- Mibyeong Research Center, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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Charles R, Lateef F, Anantharaman V. Strengthening Links in the “Chain of Survival”: A Singapore Perspective. HONG KONG J EMERG ME 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/102490790200900301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Introduction The concept of the chain of survival is widely accepted. The four links viz. early access, early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), early defibrillation and early Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) are related to survival after pre-hospital cardiac arrest. Owing to the dismal survival-to-discharge figures locally, we conducted this study to identify any weaknesses in the chain, looking in particular at bystander CPR rates and times to Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) and ACLS. Methods and materials A retrospective cohort study was conducted in the Emergency Department of an urban tertiary 1500-bed hospital. Over a 12-month period, all cases of non-trauma out-of-hospital cardiac arrest were evaluated. Results A total of 142 cases of non-trauma out-of-hospital cardiac arrest were identified; the majority being Chinese (103/142, 72.5%) and male (71.8%) with a mean age of 64.3±7.8 years (range 23–89 yrs). Most patients (111/142, 78.2%) did not receive any form of life support until arrival of the ambulance crew. Mean time from collapse to arrival of the ambulance crew and initiation of BCLS and defibrillation was 9.2±3.5 minutes. Mean time from collapse to arrival in the Emergency Department (and thus ACLS) was 16.8±7.1 minutes. Three patients (2.11%) survived to discharge. Conclusion There is a need to (i) facilitate layperson training in bystander CPR, and (ii) enhance paramedic training to include ACLS, in order to improve the current dismal survival outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Singapore.
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For more than two decades, emergency medical services (EMS) systems have proliferated primarily based upon governmental impetus and funding at the federal, state, and local levels. Although many of the foundations of patient care rendered in these systems have been based upon intuitive logic, the understanding of the impact on patient outcome is poor, at best. The reasons for the current status are varied, but five issues are preeminent:1) The authority for the development of these medical systems has been based primarily in political and bureaucratic institutions which have little or no medical expertise;2) Little attention has been paid to system evaluation, particularly in the area of cost-effectiveness;3) Few academic medical institutions have become involved in EMS research;4) Traditional approaches to medical research primarily are disease-specific and are not multidisciplinary. Thus these are not useful for evaluating and understanding the highly complex and uncontrolled environmental interactions that typify EMS systems; and5) The process of efficiently and reliably collecting accurate data in the prehospital setting is extremely difficult.
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Dami F, Heymann E, Pasquier M, Fuchs V, Carron PN, Hugli O. Time to identify cardiac arrest and provide dispatch-assisted cardio-pulmonary resuscitation in a criteria-based dispatch system. Resuscitation 2015; 97:27-33. [PMID: 26433118 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.09.390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Revised: 08/21/2015] [Accepted: 09/16/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Dispatch-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DA-CPR) plays a key role in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. We sought to measure dispatchers' performances in a criteria-based system in recognizing cardiac arrest and delivering DA-CPR. Our secondary purpose was to identify the factors that hampered dispatchers' identification of cardiac arrests, the factors that prevented them from proposing DA-CPR, and the factors that prevented bystanders from performing CPR. METHODS AND RESULTS We reviewed dispatch recordings for 1254 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occurring between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2013. Dispatchers correctly identified cardiac arrests in 71% of the reviewed cases and 84% of the cases in which they were able to assess for patient consciousness and breathing. The median time to recognition of the arrest was 60s. The median time to start chest compression was 220s. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that performances from a criteria-based dispatch system can be similar to those from a medical-priority dispatch system regarding out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) time recognition and DA-CPR delivery. Agonal breathing recognition remains the weakest link in this sensitive task in both systems. It is of prime importance that all dispatch centers tend not only to implement DA-CPR but also to have tools to help them reach this objective, as today it should be mandatory to offer this service to the community. In order to improve benchmarking opportunities, we completed previously proposed performance standards as propositions.
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- Fabrice Dami
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Center (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland; Emergency Medical Services, Dispatch Center, State of Vaud (Fondation Urgences-Santé), Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Center (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Center (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Center (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Emergency Medical Services, Dispatch Center, State of Vaud (Fondation Urgences-Santé), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Center (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Center (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Cheung M, Morrison L, Verbeek PR. Prehospital vs. emergency department pronouncement of death: a cost analysis. CAN J EMERG MED 2015; 3:19-25. [PMID: 17612436 DOI: 10.1017/s1481803500005108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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National survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests are less than 5%, and substantial resources are associated with transporting cardiac arrest victims to hospital for emergency department (ED) resuscitation. The low overall survival rate and the identification of predictors of unsuccessful resuscitation have opened debate on the “futility” of transporting such patients to the ED. This study compares the costs of prehospital pronouncement of death to the costs of transporting patients to a hospital ED for physician pronouncement.
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The study was a retrospective chart review on a matched cohort of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients. Patients were included if documentation was adequate and ambulance response time was less than 8 minutes. A cohort of 20 patients pronounced dead in the field were matched to 20 patients pronounced dead in an ED. Cases were matched on 6 evidence-based predictors of unsuccessful resuscitation. Direct medical costs and mean physician and prehospital provider times were compared.
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The total cost of pronouncement of death in the ED was $45.35 higher than the cost of field pronouncement (p < 0.001). Paramedics spent more time delivering care when death was pronounced in the field (83.3 vs. 55.9 min; p < 0.001). Base hospital physicians spent more time when patients were transported to hospital for ED pronouncement (16.3 vs. 4.3 min; p < 0.001). Total provider time for field pronouncement was 15.5 min longer (p = 0.004), but field pronouncement consumed 12.0 min less physician time.
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Paramedic pronouncement of death in the field is less costly than transporting patients to hospital for physician pronouncement. Pronouncement in the field requires more paramedic time but less physician time.
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Luo XR, Zhang HL, Chen GJ, Ding WS, Huang L. Active compression-decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) versus standard CPR for cardiac arrest patients: a meta-analysis. World J Emerg Med 2014; 4:266-72. [PMID: 25215130 DOI: 10.5847/wjem.j.issn.1920-8642.2013.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2013] [Accepted: 07/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Active compression-decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ACDCPR) has been popular in the treatment of patients with cardiac arrest (CA). However, the effect of ACD-CPR versus conventional standard CPR (S-CRP) is contriversial. This study was to analyze the efficacy and safety of ACD-CPR versus S-CRP in treating CA patients. METHODS Randomized or quasi-randomized controlled trials published from January 1990 to March 2011 were searched with the phrase "active compression-decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation and cardiac arrest" in PubMed, EmBASE, and China Biomedical Document Databases. The Cochrane Library was searched for papers of meta-analysis. Restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) rate, survival rate to hospital admission, survival rate at 24 hours, and survival rate to hospital discharge were considered primary outcomes, and complications after CPR were viewed as secondary outcomes. Included studies were critically appraised and estimates of effects were calculated according to the model of fixed or random effects. Inconsistency across the studies was evaluated using the I2 statistic method. Sensitivity analysis was made to determine statistical heterogeneity. RESULTS Thirteen studies met the criteria for this meta-analysis. The studies included 396 adult CA patients treated by ACD-CPR and 391 patients by S-CRP. Totally 234 CA patients were found out hospitals, while the other 333 CA patients were in hospitals. Two studies were evaluated with high-quality methodology and the rest 11 studies were of poor quality. ROSC rate, survival rate at 24 hours and survival rate to hospital discharge with favorable neurological function indicated that ACD-CPR is superior to S-CRP, with relative risk (RR) values of 1.39 (95% CI 0.99-1.97), 1.94 (95% CI 1.45-2.59) and 2.80 (95% CI 1.60-5.24). No significant differences were found in survival rate to hospital admission and survival rate to hospital discharge for ACD-CPR versus S-CRP with RR values of 1.06 (95% CI 0.76-1.60) and 1.00 (95% CI 0.73-1.38). CONCLUSION Quality controlled studies confirmed the superiority of ACD-CPR to S-CRP in terms of ROSC rate and survival rate at 24 hours. Compared with S-CRP, ACD-CPR could not improve survival rate to hospital admission or survival rate to hospital discharge.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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Deakin CD, Fothergill R, Moore F, Watson L, Whitbread M. Level of consciousness on admission to a Heart Attack Centre is a predictor of survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2014; 85:905-9. [PMID: 24594092 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2013] [Revised: 02/20/2014] [Accepted: 02/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The relationship between the neurological status at the time of handover from the ambulance crew to a Heart Attack Centre (HAC) in patients who have achieved return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and subsequent outcome, in the context of current treatment standards, is unknown. METHODS A retrospective review of all patients treated by London Ambulance Service (LAS) from 1(st) April 2011 to 31(st) March 2013 admitted to a HAC in Greater London was undertaken. Neurological status (A - alert; V - responding to voice; P - responding to pain; U - unresponsive) recorded by the ambulance crew on handover was compared with length of hospital stay and survival to hospital discharge. RESULTS A total of 475 sequential adult cardiac arrests of presumed cardiac origin, achieving ROSC on admission to a HAC were identified. Outcome data was available for 452 patients, of whom 253 (56.0%) survived to discharge. Level of consciousness on admission to the HAC was a predictor of duration of hospital stay (P<0.0001) and survival to hospital discharge (P<0.0001). Of those presenting with a shockable rhythm, 32.3% (120/371) were 'A' or 'V', compared with 9.1% (9/99) of those with non-shockable rhythms (P<0.001). CONCLUSION Patients with shockable rhythms achieving ROSC are more likely to be conscious (A or V) compared with those with non-shockable rhythms. Most patients who are conscious on admission to the HAC will survive, compared with approximately half of those who are unconscious (P or U), suggesting that critical care is generally appropriate at all levels of consciousness if ROSC has been achieved.
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- Charles D Deakin
- Clinical Directorate, South Central Ambulance Service, Southern House, Otterbourne SO21 2RU, United Kingdom; Integrative Physiology and Critical Illness Group, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Southampton, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom.
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- Clinical Audit and Research Unit, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, 8-20 Pocock Street, London SE1 0BW, United Kingdom
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- London Ambulance Service NHS Trust HQ, 220 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8SD, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Audit and Research Unit, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, 8-20 Pocock Street, London SE1 0BW, United Kingdom
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- Medical Directorate, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, 8-20 Pocock Street, London SE1 0BW, United Kingdom
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Martínez-Rubio A, Gusi G, Guillaumet E, Cazorla M, Galán S, Bagà R, Guilera E, Bonastre M, Raimón Gumà J, Anguera I, Ibars S, Ochagavia A, Mestre J, Font J, Saura P, Dalmases M, Blanch L, Artigas A. The fully automatic external cardioverter defibrillator: reality of a new meaningful scenario for in-hospital cardiac arrests. Expert Rev Med Devices 2014; 2:33-9. [PMID: 16293026 DOI: 10.1586/17434440.2.1.33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Sudden cardiac death is an unresolved problem which causes significant mortality and morbidity in both the community and in-hospital setting. Cardiac arrest is often caused by ventricular tachyarrhythmias which may be mostly interrupted by cardioversion or defibrillation. The single most critical factor for survival is the response time. Over the last 30 years, there have been virtually no procedural changes in the way hospitals address in-hospital resuscitation. A unique device has been developed that eliminates human intervention and assures defibrillation therapy is administered in seconds. This is accomplished with a fully automatic, external bedside monitor defibrillator designed to be prophylactically attached to hospitalized patients at risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmia. The safety and efficacy of the device has been demonstrated in multicenter US and European trials. Thus, this device allows a new scenario which may increase survival and enables meaningful redistribution of health resources.
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- Antoni Martínez-Rubio
- Hospital de Sabadell, Department of Cardiology, Fund. Universitaria Parc Taulí, Parc Taulí s/n, E-08208 Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain.
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Rubulotta F, Rubulotta G. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and ethics. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva 2013; 25:265-9. [PMID: 24553506 PMCID: PMC4031875 DOI: 10.5935/0103-507x.20130046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 12/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Differences in Mortality Rates Among Trauma Patients Transported by Helicopter and Ambulance in Maryland. Prehosp Disaster Med 2012. [DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x00027527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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AbstractIntroduction:A comprehensive state wide emergency medical services and helicopter transport system has been developed in the State of Maryland on the principle that early definitive care improves patient out comes. The purpose of this study was to determine if empirical data exist to support the theory that air medical transportation services provided by the Maryland State Police (Maryland State Police) Aviation Division contribute to an improved trauma patient survival rate in Maryland.Methods:A retrospective study was conducted on the records of all patients transported by helicopter or ground ambulance and admitted to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center (R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center of the University of Maryland Medical System) of the University of Maryland Medical System. Data were obtained from the Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Services Systems (Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems) Shock Trauma Clinical Registry for the period January 1988 through July 1995, covering 23,002 patients. Patients included those transported directly from the scene of injury to the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems as well as those from interfacility transfers. All patients were stratified by injury severity and compared by outcome (mortality) using Mantel-Haenszel statistics.Results:During the study period, 11,379 patients were transported by ground and 11,623 were transported by Maryland State Police helicopter. The mean Injury Severity Score (Maryland State Police) for patients transported by ground was 12.7 (standard deviation = 12.52) and the mean Injury Severity Score for patients transported by air was 14.6 (Injury Severity Score = 13.42), p <0.001. Among patients classified as having a high index of injury severity, the mortality rate was lower among those transported by Maryland State Police helicopter than among those transported by ambulance. The mortality rate was significantly lower for air transported patient with an Injury Severity Score higher than 31.Conclusion:The State of Maryland has demonstrated a commitment to its citizenry and invested heavily in its public safety air medical service. This study suggests the rapid air transport of victims of traumatic events by specialized personnel in Maryland has a positive effect on the outcome of severely injured patients. Further research is necessary to clarify the causal relationships in order to more fully elucidate the value of this resource.
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Hinchey PR, Myers JB, Lewis R, De Maio VJ, Reyer E, Licatese D, Zalkin J, Snyder G. Improved out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival after the sequential implementation of 2005 AHA guidelines for compressions, ventilations, and induced hypothermia: the Wake County experience. Ann Emerg Med 2010; 56:348-57. [PMID: 20359771 DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.01.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2009] [Revised: 01/02/2010] [Accepted: 01/12/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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STUDY OBJECTIVE We assess survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest after community-wide implementation of 2005 American Heart Association guidelines. METHODS This was an observational multiphase before-after cohort in an urban/suburban community (population 840,000) with existing advanced life support. Included were all adults treated for cardiac arrest by emergency responders. Excluded were patients younger than 16 years and trauma patients. Intervention phases in months were baseline 16; phase 1, new cardiopulmonary resuscitation 12; phase 2, impedance threshold device 6; and phase 3, full implementation including out-of-hospital-induced hypothermia 12. Primary outcome was survival to discharge. Other survival and neurologic outcomes were compared between study phases, and adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for survival by phase were determined by multivariate regression. RESULTS One thousand three hundred sixty-five cardiac arrest patients were eligible for inclusion: baseline n=425, phase 1 n=369, phase 2 n=161, phase 3 n=410. Across phases, patients had similar demographic, clinical, and emergency medical services characteristics. Overall and witnessed ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia survival improved throughout the study phases: respectively, baseline 4.2% and 13.8%, phase 1 7.3% and 23.9%, phase 2 8.1% and 34.6%, and phase 3 11.5% and 40.8%. The absolute increase for overall survival from baseline to full implementation was 7.3% (95% CI 3.7% to 10.9%); witnessed ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia survival was 27.0% (95% CI 13.6% to 40.4%), representing an additional 25 lives saved annually in this community. CONCLUSION In the context of a community-wide focus on resuscitation, the sequential implementation of 2005 American Heart Association guidelines for compressions, ventilations, and induced hypothermia significantly improved survival after cardiac arrest. Further study is required to clarify the relative contribution of each intervention to improved survival outcomes.
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OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship of electrocardiographic rhythm during cardiac arrest with survival outcomes. DESIGN Prospective, observational study. SETTING Total of 411 hospitals in the National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. PATIENTS Total of 51,919 adult patients with pulseless cardiac arrests from April 1999 to July 2005. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Registry data collected included first documented rhythm, patient demographics, pre-event data, event data, and survival and neurologic outcome data. Of 51,919 indexed cardiac arrests, first documented pulseless rhythm was ventricular tachycardia (VT) in 3810 (7%), ventricular fibrillation (VF) in 8718 (17%), pulseless electrical activity (PEA) in 19,262 (37%) and asystole 20,129 (39%). Subsequent VT/VF (that is, VT or VF occurring during resuscitation for PEA or asystole) occurred in 5154 (27%), with first documented rhythm of PEA and 4988 (25%) with asystole. Survival to hospital discharge rate was not different between those with first documented VF and VT (37% each, adjusted odds ratio [OR]) 1.08; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.95-1.23). Survival to hospital discharge was slightly more likely after PEA than asystole (12% vs. 11%, adjusted OR 1.1; 95% CI 1.00-1.18), Survival to discharge was substantially more likely after first documented VT/VF than PEA/asystole (adjusted OR 1.68; 95% CI 1.55-1.82). Survival to discharge was also more likely after PEA/asystole without subsequent VT/VF compared with PEA/asystole with subsequent VT/VF (14% vs. 7% for PEA without vs. with subsequent VT/VF; 12% vs. 8% for asystole without vs. with subsequent VT/VF; adjusted OR 1.60; 95% CI, 1.44-1.80). CONCLUSIONS Survival to hospital discharge was substantially more likely when the first documented rhythm was shockable rather than nonshockable, and slightly more likely after PEA than asystole. Survival to hospital discharge was less likely following PEA/asystole with subsequent VT/VF compared to PEA/asystole without subsequent VT/VF.
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Brennan RJ, Luke C. Failed prehospital resuscitation following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: are further efforts in the emergency department warranted? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2026.1995.tb00229.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Myers JB, Slovis CM, Eckstein M, Goodloe JM, Isaacs SM, Loflin JR, Mechem CC, Richmond NJ, Pepe PE. Evidence-Based Performance Measures for Emergency Medical Services Systems: A Model for Expanded EMS Benchmarking. PREHOSP EMERG CARE 2009; 12:141-51. [DOI: 10.1080/10903120801903793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Predictors for good cerebral performance among adult survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2009; 80:431-6. [PMID: 19185409 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2008] [Revised: 11/12/2008] [Accepted: 12/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Complete neurological recovery is of great importance to survivors of cardiac arrest. Few studies have explored predictors of good cerebral performance outcomes among these. METHODS We analyzed data from the SOS-KANTO study, a prospective, multi-center, observational study on patients who had out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. We included patients with Glasgow-Pittsburgh cerebral performance categories (GP-CPC) 1 (good cerebral performance) and 2 (moderate cerebral disability) at 30 days after cardiac arrest. RESULTS Among 122 eligible patients, 85 (70%) with GP-CPC 1 and 37 (30%) with GP-CPC 2 outcomes were analyzed. More patients with GP-CPC 1 outcome (27%) received conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) than those with GP-CPC 2 outcome (5%). Proportions for receiving cardiac-only resuscitation were not different between the two groups. Based on a multiple logistic-regression model constructed using age and significant variables from bivariate analyses, significant factors for GP-CPC 1 outcome included: conventional bystander CPR compared to no bystander resuscitation with an odds ratio of 5.7 (95% CI, 1.1-30.4); positive pupillary reflex at the time of ED arrival with an odds ratio of 13.7 (95% CI, 3.5-53.7); spontaneous respiration at ED arrival with an odds ratio of 5.98 (95% CI, 1.6-23.0); and cardiac cause of initial arrest with an odds ratio of 5.9 (95% CI, 1.4-25.0). CONCLUSIONS Survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with recovery to good cerebral performance were more likely to have cardiac cause of arrest and show positive pupillary reflex and spontaneous respiration at ED arrival.
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Shah MN, Fairbanks RJ, Lerner EB. Cardiac Arrests in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Continuing Room for Improvement? J Am Med Dir Assoc 2007; 8:e27-31. [PMID: 17352981 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To characterize the care received by skilled nursing facility (SNF/NF) patients suffering cardiac arrest and to evaluate the outcome of SNF/NF patients experiencing cardiac arrest. DESIGN A retrospective analysis of an existing cardiac arrest registry to characterize SNF/NF cardiac arrest patients and to compare them to community-dwelling cardiac arrest patients was performed. SETTING The study took place in Rochester, NY, an urban city in upstate New York with approximately 220,000 residents. PARTICIPANTS All patients for whom emergency medical services (EMS) assistance was requested via the 911 system and who were treated for cardiac arrest between January 1998 and December 2001 were included. MEASUREMENTS Demographic characteristics such as age, gender, race; clinical characteristics and interventions such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), defibrillation, initial cardiac rhythm, and call response interval; outcomes measures such as return of spontaneous circulation and 1-year survival were obtained. RESULTS Forty-two (8%) of cardiac arrest patients resided in an SNF/NF. Sixteen (38%) of the events were witnessed arrests. Only 28 (67%) patients received CPR and none were defibrillated prior to EMS arrival. One (2%) patient was alive 1 year after the event, a survival rate similar to the community-dwelling population (5%). CONCLUSION SNF/NF patients suffering cardiac arrest often did not receive CPR or defibrillation while awaiting EMS arrival. SNF/NF patients suffering cardiac arrest have a very low survival rate, similar to the community-dwelling population. The impact of not providing CPR and defibrillation on the survival rate is unclear, but needs to be evaluated prior to any decisions regarding the medical futility of resuscitating SNF/NF patients.
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- Manish N Shah
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
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Fairbanks RJ, Shah MN, Lerner EB, Ilangovan K, Pennington EC, Schneider SM. Epidemiology and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Rochester, New York. Resuscitation 2007; 72:415-24. [PMID: 17174021 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.06.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2006] [Revised: 06/27/2006] [Accepted: 06/27/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To characterize out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and factors that affect survival in a medium sized city that uses system status management for dispatch. METHODS A retrospective cohort study of all adult OHCA patients treated by EMS between 1998 and 2001 was conducted using Utstein definitions. The primary endpoint was 1-year survival. RESULTS Of the 1177 patients who experienced OHCA during the study period, 539 (46%) met inclusion criteria. Age ranged from 18 to 98 years (median 67). The median call-response interval was 5 min (range 0-21), and 93% were 9 min or less. There was no significant difference in the median call-response intervals between call location zip (Post) codes (p=0.07). Twenty percent of experienced ROSC (95% CI 17-23), 7% survived more than 30 days (95% CI 5-9%), and 5% survived to 1 year (95% CI 3-7%). In bivariate analysis, first rhythm and bystander CPR affected survival to 1 year. There was no significant difference in survival between male (4%) and female (7%), black (4%) and white (6%), or witnessed (7%) and unwitnessed arrest (4%). Logistic regression identified younger age, CPR initiated by bystander (19%) or first responder (41%), and presenting rhythm of VF/VT (32%) as factors associated with survival to 1 year. CONCLUSIONS This study finds a 5% survival to 1 year among OHCA patients in Rochester, NY. A presenting rhythm of VF/VT and bystander CPR were associated with increased survival.
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- Rollin J Fairbanks
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, United States.
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Wassertheil J. Australian Resuscitation Guidelines: Applying the evidence and simplifying the process. Emerg Med Australas 2006; 18:317-21. [PMID: 16842298 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00892.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Shah MN, Fairbanks RJ, Lerner EB. Cardiac Arrests in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Continuing Room for Improvement? J Am Med Dir Assoc 2006; 7:350-4. [PMID: 16843235 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To characterize the care received by skilled nursing facility (SNF/NF) patients suffering cardiac arrest and to evaluate the outcome of SNF/NF patients experiencing cardiac arrest. DESIGN A retrospective analysis of an existing cardiac arrest registry to characterize SNF/NF cardiac arrest patients and to compare them to community-dwelling cardiac arrest patients was performed. SETTING The study took place in Rochester, NY, an urban city in upstate New York with approximately 220,000 residents. PARTICIPANTS All patients for whom emergency medical services (EMS) assistance was requested via the 911 system and who were treated for cardiac arrest between January 1998 and December 2001 were included. MEASUREMENTS Demographic characteristics such as age, gender, race; clinical characteristics and interventions such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), defibrillation, initial cardiac rhythm, and call response interval; outcomes measures such as return of spontaneous circulation and 1-year survival were obtained. RESULTS Forty-two (8%) of cardiac arrest patients resided in an SNF/NF. Sixteen (38%) of the events were witnessed arrests. Only 28 (67%) patients received CPR and none were defibrillated prior to EMS arrival. One (2%) patient was alive 1 year after the event, a survival rate similar to the community-dwelling population (5%). CONCLUSION SNF/NF patients suffering cardiac arrest often did not receive CPR or defibrillation while awaiting EMS arrival. SNF/NF patients suffering cardiac arrest have a very low survival rate, similar to the community-dwelling population. The impact of not providing CPR and defibrillation on the survival rate is unclear, but needs to be evaluated prior to any decisions regarding the medical futility of resuscitating SNF/NF patients.
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- Manish N Shah
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
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Samson RA, Nadkarni VM, Meaney PA, Carey SM, Berg MD, Berg RA. Outcomes of in-hospital ventricular fibrillation in children. N Engl J Med 2006; 354:2328-39. [PMID: 16738269 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa052917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia are less common causes of cardiac arrest in children than in adults. These tachyarrhythmias can also begin during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), presumably as reperfusion arrhythmias. We determined whether the outcome is better for initial than for subsequent ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia. METHODS All cardiac arrests in persons under 18 years of age were identified from a large, multicenter, in-hospital cardiac-arrest registry. The results from children with initial ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia, children in whom ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia developed during CPR, and children with no ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia were compared by chi-square and multivariable logistic-regression analysis. RESULTS Of 1005 index patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest, 272 (27 percent) had documented ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia during the arrest. In 104 patients (10 percent), ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia was the initial pulseless rhythm; in 149 patients (15 percent), it developed during the arrest. The time of initiation of ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia was not documented in 19 patients. Thirty-five percent of patients with initial ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia survived to hospital discharge, as compared with 11 percent of patients with subsequent ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia (odds ratio, 2.6; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.2 to 5.8). Twenty-seven percent of patients with no ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia survived to hospital discharge, as compared with 11 percent of patients with subsequent ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia (odds ratio, 3.8; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.8 to 7.6). CONCLUSIONS In pediatric patients with in-hospital cardiac arrests, survival outcomes were highest among patients in whom ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia was present initially than among those in whom it developed subsequently. The outcomes for patients with subsequent ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia were substantially worse than those for patients with asystole or pulseless electrical activity.
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- Ricardo A Samson
- Steele Children's Research Center, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724-5073, USA
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Ando J, Kakishita M, Sakai K, Komura Y, Nishiyama K, Iwabuchi M, Yokoi H, Yasumoto H, Nosaka H, Nobuyoshi M. Efficacy of nifekalant hydrochloride in the treatment of fatal ventricular arrhythmia in patients with ischemic heart disease. Int Heart J 2006; 46:647-56. [PMID: 16157956 DOI: 10.1536/ihj.46.647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Ventricular tachycardia (VT), which causes hemodynamic instability, and ventricular fibrillation (VF) sometimes occur in patients with severe underlying cardiovascular disease such as myocardial ischemia or infarction, and are associated with high mortality. This report presents the efficacy of nifekalant hydrochloride (nifekalant), a pure class III antiarrhythmic agent, in treating life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia in such patients. From June 2000, when nifekalant became commercially available in Japan, to May 2003, 30 ischemic heart disease (IHD) patients with VT/VF resistant to direct-current (DC) countershock received nifekalant in our hospital. These 30 patients served as the nifekalant group in this study. As a control group, we also included 33 IHD patients with VT/VF that had been resistant to DC countershock upon or during hospitalization between January 1996 and May 2000 before nifekalant became commercially available. No significant differences were observed in patient background factors and treatments between the two groups. The rates of death within 48 hours of occurrence of VT/VF were significantly lower in the nifekalant group (7%, 2/30) than in the control group (27%, 9/33; P < 0.03). The rates of cardiac death during hospitalization were also significantly lower in the nifekalant group (40%, 12/30) than in the control group (67%, 22/33; P < 0.03). The rates of survival until hospital discharge were significantly higher in the nifekalant group (57%, 17/30) than in the control group (30%, 10/33; P < 0.03). Multivariate analysis of all 63 patients revealed nifekalant administration was the factor that significantly improved the mortality (odds ratio for cardiac death, 0.26; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.07 to 0.95; P = 0.041). Nifekalant improves the prognosis for life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia in IHD patients.
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- Jiro Ando
- Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 802-8555, Japan
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Rone T, Sauls JL. Recommendations of the International Guidelines 2000 Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiac Care: An Overview. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 2005; 17:51-8, x-xi. [PMID: 15749402 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2004.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The greatest potential for survival of sudden cardiac arrest can be achieved only by providing early intervention using evidence-based therapies that have been studied over time. Emergency cardiac care and the 2000 advanced cardiac life support guidelines encompass all therapies that have been shown to improve outcomes in patients who experience life-threatening events that involve the cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and pulmonary systems. Early recognition of warning signs, activation of emergency medical systems within the community, basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation, early defibrillation, airway management, and intravenous medication administration are key factors in improving resuscitation outcomes.
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- Tom Rone
- Intensive Care Unit, Middle Tennessee Medical Center, 400 North Highland Avenue, Box 51, Murfreesboro, TN 37130, USA.
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Niemann JT, Rosborough JP, Walker RG. A Model of Ischemically Induced Ventricular Fibrillation for Comparison of Fixed-dose and Escalating-dose Defibrillation Strategies. Acad Emerg Med 2004. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2004.tb02403.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Skrifvars MB, Hilden HM, Finne P, Rosenberg PH, Castrén M. Prevalence of 'do not attempt resuscitation' orders and living wills among patients suffering cardiac arrest in four secondary hospitals. Resuscitation 2003; 58:65-71. [PMID: 12867311 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9572(03)00109-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence and implementation of 'do not resuscitate' orders, nowadays called 'do not attempt resuscitation' (DNAR) orders and living wills among patients suffering in-hospital cardiac arrest (CA) in whom cardiopulmonary resuscitation was not initiated. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective survey of CA patients conducted in four secondary hospitals during 2000-2001. The information collected included the presence of DNAR and a living will and the patients sociodemographic and disease factors and the reasons for not initiating resuscitation when no DNAR order was present. Data on the resuscitated patients were collected according to the Utstein recommendations (analyzed and published separately) and used for comparison. RESULTS During the study period, 1486 patients suffered CA without resuscitation being initiated. Data collection was successful in 1143 patients (77%), who were included in the study. Most of the patients (84.5%) had a DNAR order. The prevalence of DNAR orders differed between the participating hospitals (P<0.001), and between the wards of the hospital, with most DNAR orders in the cardiac care unit (100%) and medical wards (87%). The patients designated as DNAR were likely to be older (P<0.01) and of poorer functional status (P<0.001). Reasons for abstaining from resuscitation without a DNAR order were unwitnessed arrest (27%) and terminal disease (66%). Living wills were uncommon (1.5%). Patients with a living will were likely to have a DNAR order (P<0.01). CONCLUSION Most patients who suffered in-hospital CA without resuscitation had a DNAR order, and, for those who did not, terminal disease and medical futility were evident in most cases. Living wills were uncommon, but they appeared to have had some impact on treatment.
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- M B Skrifvars
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, P.O. Box 340 FIN-00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland.
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Haukoos JS, Lewis RJ, Stratton SJ, Niemann JT. Is the ACLS score a valid prediction rule for survival after cardiac arrest? Acad Emerg Med 2003; 10:621-6. [PMID: 12782522 DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2003.tb00045.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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UNLABELLED The ACLS (advanced cardiac life support) Score was previously developed to predict survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Whether the arrest was witnessed, initial cardiac rhythm, performance of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the response time of the paramedic unit were determined to be predictive of survival. However, the ACLS Score has not been validated in other emergency medical services systems. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to externally validate the ACLS Score in one patient population. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study performed at an urban county teaching hospital. The study population consisted of consecutive adult patients treated for out-of-hospital, nontraumatic cardiac arrest, and transported to the authors' institution between November 1, 1994, and September 30, 2001. Patient records for all cardiac arrests during the study period were reviewed. Study variables included witnessed arrest, initial arrest rhythm, bystander CPR, paramedic response time, and survival to hospital discharge. Predicted probability of survival to hospital discharge was calculated for each patient using the ACLS Score. The overall predicted and observed survival rates were compared using Flora's Z score. The Hosmer-Lemeshow test was used to evaluate the model's goodness-of-fit over a range of survival probabilities. RESULTS Of 754 cardiac arrest patients enrolled in the study period, 575 (76%) patients had documentation that allowed scoring using the ACLS Score. Twenty-five (4%) patients survived to hospital discharge. The predicted number of survivors based on the ACLS Score was 104 (18%), yielding a Flora's Z statistic of -4.46 (p < 0.0001). After categorizing predicted survival probabilities into four categories, the resulting Hosmer-Lemeshow statistic was 210 (p << 10(-6)). Both goodness-of-fit statistics demonstrated extremely poor fit of the model. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was created, yielding an area under the ROC curve of 0.33 (95% CI = 0.19 to 0.47), signifying extremely poor discrimination. CONCLUSIONS The previously published ACLS Score was not valid when applied to an external cohort of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients. An externally valid model is needed to predict survival to hospital discharge following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
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- Jason S Haukoos
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90509, USA.
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Key CB, Pepe PE, Persse DE, Calderon D. Can first responders be sent to selected 9-1-1 emergency medical services calls without an ambulance? Acad Emerg Med 2003; 10:339-46. [PMID: 12670847 DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2003.tb01346.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the feasibility and safety of initially dispatching only first responders (FRs) to selected low-risk 9-1-1 requests for emergency medical services. First responders are rapidly-responding fire crews on apparatus without transport capabilities, with firefighters trained to at least a FR level and in most cases to the basic emergency medical technician (EMT) level. Low-risk 9-1-1 requests include automatic medical alerts (ALERTs), motor vehicle incidents (MVIs) for which the caller was unable to answer any medical dispatch questions designed to prioritize the call, and 9-1-1 call disconnects (D/Cs). METHODS A before-and-after study of patient dispositions was conducted using historical controls for comparison. During the historical control phase of six months, one year prior to the study phase, basic life support ambulances (staffed with two basic EMTs) were dispatched to selected low-risk 9-1-1 incidents. During the six-month study phase, a fire FR crew equipped with automated external defibrillators (AEDs) was sent initially without an ambulance to these incidents. RESULTS For ALERTs (n = 290 in historical group vs. 330 in study group), there was no statistical difference in the transport rate (7% vs 10%), but there was a statistically significant increase in the follow-up use of advanced life support (ALS) (1% vs 4%, p = 0.009). No patient in the ALERTs historical group required airway management, while one patient in the study group received endotracheal intubation. No patient required defibrillation in either group. Analysis of the MVIs showed a significant decrease (p < 0.0001) in the patient transport rate from 39% of controls to 33% of study patients, but no change in the follow-up use of ALS interventions (2% for each group). For both the ALERTs and MVIs, the FR's mean response time was faster than ambulances (p < 0.0001). Among the 9-1-1 D/Cs with FRs only (n = 1,028), 15% were transported and 43 (4%) received subsequent ALS care. Four of these patients (0.4%) received intubation and two (0.2%) required defibrillation. However, no patient was judged to have had adverse outcomes as a result of the dispatch protocol change. CONCLUSIONS Fire apparatus crews trained in the use of AEDs can safely be used to initially respond alone (without ambulances) to selected, low-risk 9-1-1 calls. This tactic improves response intervals while reducing ambulance responses to these incidents.
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- Craig B Key
- Department of Emergency Medicine, and Center for EMS, Ohio State University, 016 Health Sciences Library. 376 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1252, USA.
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Perales rodríguez de viguri N, González díaz G, Jiménez murillo L, Álvarez fernández J, Medicna álvarez J, Ortega carnicer J, Ruano marco M, Tormo calandín C, Ferrándiz santiveri S, Jiménez galindo J. La desfibrilación temprana: conclusiones y recomendaciones del I Foro de Expertos en Desfibrilación Semiautomática. Med Intensiva 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0210-5691(03)79939-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Scott Deboer
- Peds-R-Us Medical Education, Dyer, Indiana 46311, USA.
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Hachimi-Idrissi S, Huyghens L. Advanced cardiac life support update: the new ILCOR cardiovascular resuscitation guidelines. International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. Eur J Emerg Med 2002; 9:193-202. [PMID: 12131649 DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200206000-00020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- S Hachimi-Idrissi
- Department of Critical Care Medicine and Cerebral Resuscitation Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Van Brussel, Laarbeeklaan, 101, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium
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Dougherty CM. The natural history of recovery following sudden cardiac arrest and internal cardioverter-defibrillator implantation. PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING 2002; 16:163-8. [PMID: 11684908 DOI: 10.1111/j.0889-7204.2001.00615.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The purposes of this review are to 1) summarize current knowledge regarding the "natural history of recovery" (physical functioning, psychological adjustment, and neurologic impairments) following sudden cardiac arrest and internal cardioverter-defibrillator implantation over the first year; and 2) discuss the implications for the development of nursing intervention programs based on the natural history of recovery. The natural history serves as a basis for understanding the recovery experiences of sudden cardiac arrest survivors as well as determining how intervention programs might help the most.
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- C M Dougherty
- Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington, School of Nursing, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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ACOEM supports ongoing efforts to enhance emergency response to medical emergencies in the occupational environment. The development of training and use of AEDs is a reasonable and appropriate aspect of such programs for managing sudden cardiac arrest, an important cause of morbidity and mortality among working age adults. The implementation of such an AED program, which should be a component of a more general worksite emergency response plan, requires clearly defined medical direction and medical control.
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- Larry M Starr
- Organizational Development and Leadership Program, Department of Psychology, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, USA
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Angelos MG, Menegazzi JJ, Callaway CW. Bench to bedside: resuscitation from prolonged ventricular fibrillation. Acad Emerg Med 2001; 8:909-24. [PMID: 11535487 DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb01155.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Ventricular fibrillation (VF) remains the most common cardiac arrest heart rhythm. Defibrillation is the primary treatment and is very effective if delivered early within a few minutes of onset of VF. However, successful treatment of VF becomes increasingly more difficult when the duration of VF exceeds 4 minutes. Classically, successful cardiac arrest resuscitation has been thought of as simply achieving restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). However, this traditional approach fails to consider the high early post-cardiac arrest mortality and morbidity and ignores the reperfusion injuries, which are manifest in the heart and brain. More recently, resuscitation from cardiac arrest has been divided into two phases; phase I, achieving ROSC, and phase II, treatment of reperfusion injury. The focus in both phases of resuscitation remains the heart and brain, as prolonged VF remains primarily a two-organ disease. These two organs are most sensitive to oxygen and substrate deprivation and account for the vast majority of early post-resuscitation mortality and morbidity. This review focuses first on the initial resuscitation (achieving ROSC) and then on the reperfusion issues affecting the heart and brain.
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- M G Angelos
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1270, USA.
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation research is a vital area of research that has made significant contributions to medical care over the last several decades. Abundant information currently exists in the medical literature, as a result of research in the areas of cardiac arrest and outcomes, physiology of cardiac arrest, pharmacologic treatments, mechanical interventions, and societal and ethical issues. Despite numerous clinical trials demonstrating physiologic benefit of various interventions, few interventions have had as much impact on outcomes of cardiac arrest as have improvements in out-of-hospital response times and rapid availability of medical treatment. Although abundant information exists regarding physiologic aspects of resuscitation, relatively little information exists about ethical, psychological, and social aspects of resuscitation. In addition to attempts to improve outcomes of cardiac arrest, researchers should also strive to improve the experiences of patients and families involved. These realities provide future strategies and directions for the best use of resuscitation research resources; although physiologic and pharmacologic research will always have significant roles in the improvement of medical care, the rapid delivery of out-of-hospital care and ethical issues will be indispensable areas of research focus in the future.
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- C A Marco
- Acute Care Services, St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH 43608-2691, USA.
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Escorial Hernández V, Meizoso Latova T, Alday Muñoz E, López De Sá E, Guerrero JE, López-Sendón J. [Prognosis of patients admitted to the coronary or intensive care unita after an out of hospital episode of sudden death]. Rev Esp Cardiol 2001; 54:832-7. [PMID: 11446958 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(01)76408-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE Out of hospital sudden death constitutes a major sanitary problem. Early diagnosis and treatment are considered as the most important factors related with short term prognosis. However, there is little information about the outcome of patients admitted to the hospital after a successful recovery from an episode of sudden death outside the hospital. The objective of this study was to analyze the prognosis of patients who initially recovered after an episode of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and who were admitted to the coronary or intensive care unit. PATIENTS AND METHODS The clinical characteristics and outcome of 110 consecutive patients admitted to the coronary and intensive care units after an episode of extrahospital sudden death, who initially recovered with success, were retrospectively studied. RESULTS A total of 33 (30%) patients were discharged alive and without severe neurological damage, 67 (61%) patients died before discharge from hospital and 77 (70%) died or presented severe and permanent neurological damage. The latter group versus those who survived was older (63.6 +/- 13.5 vs 55.2 +/- 12.6 years old; p < 0.006) and had a longer delay in the beginning of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (8.3 vs 2.8 min.; p < 0.01). Mortality or severe neurological damage rate was higher in the group of those who had asystolia than in those with ventricular fibrillation in the first ECG (84% vs 55%), in those who arrived to the hospital unconscious (73.7% vs 15.4%) and in those who arrived in functional class IV (81% vs 16.6%). CONCLUSIONS Up to 30% of the patients admitted after an episode of extrahospital cardiac arrest were discharged alive and without severe neurological damage. Advanced age, functional class IV and the delay of cardiopulmonary resuscitation are related to a unfavorable outcome.
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- V Escorial Hernández
- Servicios de Cardiología.Cuidados Intensivos. Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón. Madrid
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Mori K, Saito J, Kurata Y, Takeyama Y, Itoh Y, Kaneko M, Asai Y, Renzi FP, Dickson EW. Rapid development of brain hypothermia using femoral-carotid bypass. Acad Emerg Med 2001; 8:303-8. [PMID: 11282663 DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb02106.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Advances in the field of cardiopulmonary resuscitation have led to an increasing number of patients initially surviving sudden cardiac arrest. Unfortunately, most of these patients do not recover from the resultant anoxic brain insult. Several animal and human trials have suggested that post-resuscitative brain hypothermia may improve neurologic recovery after cardiopulmonary arrest. Present cooling methods are slow, induce only brain surface cooling, or result in systemic hypothermia. The authors tested the hypothesis that unilateral hypothermic carotid bypass would induce bilateral brain cooling without evoking systemic hypothermia or hemodynamic instability. METHODS Anesthetized, ventilated common swine (n = 6, 24-37 kg) underwent right femoral and carotid artery bypass cannulation. Central and peripheral hemodynamic parameters were recorded every 2 minutes throughout the procedure. Thermodynamic parameters included bilateral frontal lobe, bilateral nasopharyngeal, pulmonary artery, and rectal temperatures. Hypothermic femoral-carotid bypass was accomplished by drawing blood from the right femoral artery, cooling it to 24 degrees C, and returning it to the right carotid artery at a flow rate of 5 mL/kg/min for 30 minutes. RESULTS With initiation of cooling, brain temperatures dropped rapidly from baseline of 37.2 degrees C to 30.6 degrees C (right frontal lobe) and 33.1 degrees C (left frontal lobe) at 30 minutes. Pulmonary artery and rectal temperatures also decreased, but never reached mild hypothermic levels (34 degrees C). There was no significant change in any hemodynamic parameters during brain cooling. CONCLUSIONS Femoral-carotid hypothermic bypass rapidly induced a state of selective brain hypothermia without causing systemic hypothermia or hemodynamic instability.
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- K Mori
- Department of Traumatology and Critical Care Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Fernández JÁ, Soto MÁM, Zapata MR. Supervivencia en España de las paradas cardíacas extrahospitalarias. Med Intensiva 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0210-5691(01)79693-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Part 4: the automated external defibrillator: key link in the chain of survival. European Resuscitation Council. Resuscitation 2000; 46:73-91. [PMID: 10978789 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9572(00)00272-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Tovar OH, Jones JL. Electrophysiologic deterioration after one-minute fibrillation increases relative biphasic defibrillation efficacy. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2000; 11:645-51. [PMID: 10868738 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2000.tb00027.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The probability of survival decreases to 70% after 2 minutes of ventricular fibrillation. Biphasic shocks are more effective than monophasic shocks in terminating short-duration (<30 sec) ventricular fibrillation. We tested the hypotheses that developing ischemia changes the electrophysiologic characteristics of fibrillation and that the relative efficacy of biphasic shocks increases as electrophysiologic characteristics deteriorate. METHODS AND RESULTS Monophasic (12 msec) and biphasic (6/6 msec) shocks (1 to 4 A) were tested in random order in isolated rabbit hearts after 1-minute ischemic fibrillation. Monophasic action potentials showed only a sporadic occurrence of electrical diastole after 5 seconds of fibrillation (24% of action potentials in the right ventricle and 18% in the left ventricle). After 60 seconds of fibrillation, diastole (17.83+/-1.14 msec in the right ventricle and 21.52+/-1.16 msec in the left ventricle) appeared after almost every action potential (P < 0.0001 compared with 5 sec), despite a lack of change in fibrillation cycle length and dominant frequency. Monophasic I50 was 2.89 A, and biphasic I50 was 1.4 A (77% reduction in energy). Normalized curve width decreased 28%. Retrospective analysis showed that shocks delivered early in the fibrillation action potential had a greater probability of succeeding (89%) than shocks delivered late (30%; P < 0.001). CONCLUSION After 1-minute ischemic fibrillation, diastolic intervals occur during fibrillation. Therefore, defibrillation shocks have an approximately 29% probability of interacting with the fibrillation action potential during diastole. At this time, biphasic shocks produced a more deterministic defibrillation threshold and became even more efficacious (I50 B/M = 0.48) than at short fibrillation durations (I50 B/M = 0.7).
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- O H Tovar
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
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STUDY OBJECTIVE Estimates of time intervals by bystanders are considered critical in cardiac arrest, and are often used in other disorders such as stroke and myocardial infarction. Because they have never been previously studied, we sought to determine their accuracy. METHODS This study was performed by prospective collection of bystander estimates (made at the time of the arrest) of the time from calling 911 to the arrival of urban fire department first responders, and comparison with actual measured response interval from computerized records, in all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests from January 1996 through June 1998. RESULTS The fire department responded to 1,015 patients in cardiac arrest during the study period. First responders arrived before advanced life support providers to 831 patients, who thus met study entry criteria. Bystander estimates were obtained in 497 of these 831 patients, who did not differ in key characteristics from those lacking estimates. The bystander's average estimated fire department response interval was 5.6 minutes (95% confidence interval [CI] 5.2 to 5.9 minutes) and the actual measured interval to the patient's side from computer records was 6.1 minutes (95% CI 5.9 to 6.4 minutes). However, the median error of the bystander estimate (1.3 minutes) was 32% of the median of the actual measured on-scene interval, and there was no correlation between the bystander estimates and the measured interval in individual cases (R </=0.14), regardless of which intervals were examined. Seventy-five percent of the bystander estimates erred by 20% or more. When bystanders estimated a response interval as excessively long, they were almost invariably wrong, but they also usually failed to identify intervals that actually were long. CONCLUSION Although many diagnostic and research conclusions are based on interval estimates from laypersons, we found no correlation between estimates and actual measured intervals in cardiac arrest. Current methodology may not be developed well enough to provide reliable data for research or quality assurance, and other clinical time estimates by patients and bystanders may be equally unreliable.
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- E Isaacs
- Department of Emergency Services, San Francisco General Hospital,San Francisco, CA, USA
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Zeiner A, Holzer M, Sterz F, Behringer W, Schörkhuber W, Müllner M, Frass M, Siostrzonek P, Ratheiser K, Kaff A, Laggner AN. Mild resuscitative hypothermia to improve neurological outcome after cardiac arrest. A clinical feasibility trial. Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest (HACA) Study Group. Stroke 2000; 31:86-94. [PMID: 10625721 DOI: 10.1161/01.str.31.1.86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Recent animal studies showed that mild resuscitative hypothermia improves neurological outcome when applied after cardiac arrest. In a 3-year randomized, prospective, multicenter clinical trial, we hypothesized that mild resuscitative cerebral hypothermia (32 degrees C to 34 degrees C core temperature) would improve neurological outcome after cardiac arrest. METHODS We lowered patients' temperature after admission to the emergency department and continued cooling for at least 24 hours after arrest in conjunction with advanced cardiac life support. The cooling technique chosen was external head and total body cooling with a cooling device in conjunction with a blanket and a mattress. Infrared tympanic thermometry was monitored before a central pulmonary artery thermistor probe was inserted. RESULTS In 27 patients (age 58 [interquartile range [IQR] 52 to 64] years; 7 women; estimated "no-flow" duration 6 [IQR 1 to 11] minutes and "low-flow" duration 15 [IQR 9 to 23] minutes; admitted to the emergency department 36 [IQR 24 to 43] minutes after return of spontaneous circulation), we could initiate cooling within 62 (IQR 41 to 75) minutes and achieve a pulmonary artery temperature of 33+/-1 degrees C 287 (IQR 42 to 401) minutes after cardiac arrest. During 24 hours of mild resuscitative hypothermia, no major complications occurred. Passive rewarming >35 degrees C was accomplished within 7 hours. CONCLUSIONS Mild resuscitative hypothermia in patients is feasible and safe. A clinical multicenter trial might prove that mild hypothermia is a useful method of cerebral resuscitation after global ischemic states.
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- A Zeiner
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Units, University of Vienna, Austria
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A cumulative meta-analysis of the effectiveness of defibrillator-capable emergency medical services for victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Ann Emerg Med 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(99)80054-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Scheatzle MD, Menegazzi JJ, Allen TL, Durham SB. Evaluation of biphasic transthoracic defibrillation in an animal model of prolonged ventricular fibrillation. Acad Emerg Med 1999; 6:880-6. [PMID: 10490248 DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb01234.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine whether a biphasic defibrillation waveform (BDW) would produce a superior rate of converting prolonged ventricular fibrillation (VF) into a perfusing rhythm and delay the occurrence of asystole and/or pulseless electrical activity (PEA) during the resuscitation attempt, when compared with a monophasic defibrillation waveform (MDW). METHODS The authors performed a prospective, randomized, blinded experiment using an established swine model of prolonged VF. Thirty-four mixed-breed domestic swine (mean mass 22.9 kg) were sedated (ketamine/xylazine), anesthetized (isoflurane), and intubated. Aortic and femoral venous catheters were placed. ECG was monitored continuously. The animals were shocked into VF (3-s, 100-mA, 60-Hz shock), and were untreated for 8 minutes. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) began with 1 minute of standardized (Thumper) chest compressions and ventilation. The animals were randomized to treatment with either BDW or MDW. Standard ACLS protocols were followed. The energy sequence was 2.5 J/kg first, 3.5 J/kg second, and 4.5 J/kg for all subsequent shocks. Outcome variables were time to event of asystole/PEA, return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), and one-hour survival. Data were analyzed with two-tailed Fisher's exact test and Kaplan-Meier survival plots (alpha = 0.05). RESULTS ROSC occurred more frequently in the BDW group (7/17) compared with the MDW group (1/17); p = 0.04. Survival analysis showed that the BDW significantly delayed the occurrence of asystole/PEA during the resuscitation attempt when compared with the MDW; log-ranked p = 0.02. One-hour survival rates (5/17 BDW and 1/17 MDW, p = 0.17) did not differ. CONCLUSIONS BDW resulted in a superior rate of ROSC and delay in the occurrence of asystole/ PEA during the resuscitation attempt when compared with MDW.
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- M D Scheatzle
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital, MCP-Hahnemann University, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA.
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OBJECTIVES To examine the extent to which the Utstein style has been used for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA) research since its publication in 1991. The style was developed in an effort to standardize OOHCA research and reporting. METHODS To locate all OOHCA research papers published between 1992 and 1997, all issues of six emergency medicine/emergency medical services (EM/ EMS) journals were examined manually, and papers from other journals were located using computerized searches. All located articles were examined by the first author to determine whether use of the Utstein style was indicated and if so, whether it had actually been used. When either of these was uncertain, all three authors reviewed the paper, and a consensus was reached. The Pearson chi-square test was used to compare rates of use from U.S. and non-U.S. institutions, and from the EM/EMS and non-EM/EMS literature, with significance set at p < 0.05. RESULTS All 143 OOHCA research articles identified by the search were examined. The Utstein style was found to be not applicable to 41 (29%), and these were eliminated. The Utstein style was indicated for the remaining 102 studies. Of these, 41 (40%) used the Utstein style, and 61 (60%) did not. There was no difference in rates between papers from sites in the United States (18/48, 38%) and elsewhere (23/54, 43%), or between papers from the EM/EMS literature (17/44, 39%) and non-EM/EMS literature (25/59, 42%). Despite an upward trend in the use of the Utstein style seen from 1992 to 1994, use leveled off from 1994 to 1997, and has not exceeded 60% in any given calendar year studied. CONCLUSIONS Six years after the release of the Utstein style for OOHCA research, fewer than 60% of OOHCA research articles actually use the style.
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- D C Cone
- Department of Emergency Medicine, MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Verbeek PR, Turner D, Lane CJ, Carter CC. A comparison of two automated external defibrillator algorithms. Acad Emerg Med 1999; 6:631-6. [PMID: 10386681 DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00418.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the interval to delivery of the first shock by first responders in mannequin-based cardiac arrest scenarios using two automated external defibrillator (AED) algorithms. METHODS Thirty-six (18 pairs) of Toronto firefighters (FFs) trained in two AED algorithms, algorithm I (A-I) and algorithm II (A-II), were studied. A-II mandates the immediate application of the AED once pulselessness is established. In contrast to A-I, A-II dictates that no CPR be initiated until it is required by the AED voice prompts. Each FF pair alternated roles while performing "shock-indicated," mannequin-based scenarios according to A-I and A-II. The interval from mannequin contact to delivery of the first shock was recorded. Five pairs were videotaped. The intervals to complete predetermined steps were compared between algorithms to determine in which step(s) time saving occurred. RESULTS The mean (+/-SD) interval to the first shock in A-I was 80.7 seconds (+/-10.5 sec) (95% CI = 77.2 to 84.2 sec) vs 61.1 seconds (+/-8.75 sec) (95% CI = 58.2 to 64.0 sec) in A-II (p < 0.001). A-II shortened the interval to the first shock by 19.6 sec (+/-11.5) (95% CI = 15.8 to 23.4 sec). The time saving was a direct result of delaying CPR in A-II. CONCLUSION A-II reduced the interval from mannequin contact to the first shock in standard training scenarios.
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- P R Verbeek
- Emergency Services, Sunnybrook Health Science Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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There is a wide variety of ethical issues and dilemmas involving resuscitation, the act of restoring life to a patient in cardiorespiratory arrest. Decisions must be made rapidly and often must be based on suboptimal levels of information available at the time. Certain issues should be considered when one is making decisions in the resuscitation arena, including positive-aspects of resuscitation, not only the possibility of restoring life to the patient but also providing a sense of closure and resolution of guilt for the survivors. During and following resuscitative efforts, the psychologic and emotional well-being of the survivors should also be given close attention.
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- C A Marco
- St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
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Nichol G, Stiell IG, Hebert P, Wells GA, Vandemheen K, Laupacis A. What is the quality of life for survivors of cardiac arrest? A prospective study. Acad Emerg Med 1999; 6:95-102. [PMID: 10051899 DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb01044.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the quality of life of survivors of in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and to correlate quality of life with clinically important parameters. METHODS Cohort followed at least six months after hospital discharge. Eligible patients had survived to hospital discharge after sudden cardiac arrest in 1) EDs, wards, and intensive care units of five university hospitals and 2) all locations outside hospitals in two midsized cities. Of 126 patients discharged alive, 30 died before they could be interviewed. Of the 96 patients remaining, 86 (90% of available patients, 68% of survivors to discharge) completed the interview. Quality of life was assessed with the Health Utilities Index Mark 3, which describes health as a utility score on a scale from perfect health (equal to 1.0) to death (equal to 0.) RESULTS Mean age (+/- SD) of interviewed survivors was 65 +/- 14 years, and 47 (55%) were male; mean time between collapse and initiation of CPR was 2.2 +/- 2.6 minutes. Mean utility was 0.72 (+/- 0.22). Utilities were significantly higher among patients who had a shorter duration of resuscitation (mean = 0.81 for those who received less than 2 minutes of CPR, 0.76 for those who received 3 to 10 minutes, and 0.65 for others, p = 0.05, r2 = 0.07). Mean utilities of survivors were worse than those of the general population (mean = 0.85 +/- 0.16, p < 0.01) and those whose activities were not limited by chronic disease (mean = 0.91 +/- 0.08, p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Although overall survival was poor, most survivors had acceptable health-related quality of life. Therefore, concerns about poor quality of life are not a valid reason to abandon efforts to improve the health care system's response to victims of sudden cardiac arrest. Further research is necessary to identify effective strategies for improving both survival and quality of life after cardiac arrest.
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- Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Loeb Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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