Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival in rural Northwest Ireland: 17 years' experience.
Affiliation
Department of Public Health Medicine, Health Service Executive North-West, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland. siobhan.masterson@hse.ieIssue Date
2011-05Local subject classification
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTHEALTH SERVICE PLANNING
HEALTH IMPROVEMENT
MeSH
AgedCardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Emergency Medical Services
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Northern Ireland
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Registries
Rural Population
Survival Rate
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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival in rural Northwest Ireland: 17 years' experience. 2011, 28 (5):437-8 Emerg Med JJournal
Emergency medicine journal : EMJDOI
10.1136/emj.2009.082784PubMed ID
20679425Abstract
SAVES, the name used to describe a register of survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), was established in rural Northwest Ireland in 1992. From 1992 to 2008, 80 survivors were identified (population 239,000 (2006)). Most incidents were witnessed (69/70) and all were in shockable rhythm at the time of first rhythm analysis (66/66). Of 66 patients who could be traced, 46 were alive in December 2008. Average survival rates appeared to increase over the lifetime of the database. SAVES has also contributed to the development of a national OHCA register.Item Type
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1472-0213ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1136/emj.2009.082784