Adverse Safety Events in Emergency Medical Services Care of Children With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Survival for children with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains poor despite improvements in adult OHCA survival.

Objective

To characterize the frequency of and factors associated with adverse safety events (ASEs) in pediatric OHCA.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based retrospective cohort study examined patient care reports from 51 emergency medical services (EMS) agencies in California, Georgia, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin for children younger than 18 years with an OHCA in which resuscitation was attempted by EMS personnel between 2013 and 2019. Medical record review was conducted from January 2019 to April 2022 and data analysis from October 2022 to February 2023.

Main outcomes and measure

Severe ASEs dur

SUBMITTER: Eriksson CO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10787316 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature