Journal article
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes in emergency departments
K Kempster, S Howell, S Bernard, K Smith, P Cameron, J Finn, D Stub, P Morley, J Bray
Resuscitation | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | Published : 2021
Abstract
Background: The emergency department (ED) plays an important role in out-hospital-cardiac arrest (OHCA) management. However, ED outcomes are not widely reported. This study aimed to (1) describe OHCA ED outcomes and reasons for ED deaths, and (2) whether these differed between hospitals. Methods: Data were obtained from the Victorian Ambulance Cardiac Arrest Registry and 12 hospitals for adult, non-traumatic OHCA cases transported to ED between 2014 and 2016. Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine the association of level of cardiac arrest centre on ED survival in a subset of cases (non-paramedic witnessed OHCA who were unconscious on ED arrival with ROSC). Results: Of 1547 el..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This study was funded by grants from the Nurses Board of Victoria Limited Legacy and the Australian Resuscitation Council. JB (#101171) and DS (#101908) are funded by Heart Foundation Fellowships. JF (Investigator grant #1174838) is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) . PC is funded by the Medical Research Future Fund (#1139686) . SH is funded by the Prehospital Emergency Care (PEC-ANZ) NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence (#1116453) . The study is supported by the Australasian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (Aus-ROC) .