Cardiac Arrest Survival at Emergency Medical Service Agencies in Catchment Areas With Primarily Black and Hispanic Populations.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Black and Hispanic patients are less likely to survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) than White patients. Given the central importance of emergency medical service (EMS) agencies in prehospital care, a better understanding of OHCA survival at EMS agencies that work in Black and Hispanic communities and White communities is needed to address OHCA disparities.

Objective

To examine whether EMS agencies serving catchment areas with primarily Black and Hispanic populations (Black and Hispanic catchment areas) have different rates of OHCA survival than agencies serving catchment areas with primarily White populations (White catchment areas).

Design, setting, and participants

A cohort study including adults with nontraumatic OHCA from January 1, 2015, t

SUBMITTER: Uzendu AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10481323 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature