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3958332

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-4-25
pubmed:abstractText
Survival to hospital discharge was related to the clinical history and emergency care system factors in 285 patients with witnessed cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation. Only the emergency care factors were associated with differences in outcome. Both the period from collapse until initiation of basic life support and the duration of basic life support before delivery of the first defibrillatory shock were shorter in patients who survived compared with those who died (3.6 +/- 2.5 versus 6.1 +/- 3.3 minutes and 4.3 +/- 3.3 versus 7.3 +/- 4.2 minutes; p less than 0.05). A linear regression model based on emergency response times for 942 patients discovered in ventricular fibrillation was used to estimate expected survival rates if the first-responding rescuers, in addition to paramedics, had been equipped and trained to defibrillate. Expected survival rates were higher with early defibrillation (38 +/- 3%; 95% confidence limits) than the observed rate (28 +/- 3%). Because outcome from cardiac arrest is primarily influenced by delays in providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation, factors affecting response time should be carefully examined by all emergency care systems.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0735-1097
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
752-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Factors influencing survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't