Factors Impacting Treatment of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Qualitative Study of Emergency Responders.

ABSTRACT: Background Of the more than 250 000 emergency medical services-treated out-of-hospital cardiac arrests that occur each year in the United States, only about 8% survive to hospital discharge with good neurologic function. Treatment for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest involves a system of care that includes complex interactions among multiple stakeholders. Understanding the factors inhibiting optimal care is fundamental to improving outcomes. Methods and Results We conducted group interviews with emergency responders including 911 telecommunicators, law enforcement officers, firefighters, and transporting emergency medical services personnel (ie, emergency medical technicians and paramedics) who responded to the same out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incident. We used the American Heart Associat

SUBMITTER: Missel AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10227317 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature