Impact of pandemic-related movement restriction on public access defibrillation in Japan: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To analyse monthly changes in public access defibrillation (PAD) incidence and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) during the 2020-2021 COVID-19 pandemic compared with those during the 2016-2019 prepandemic period with consideration of pandemic-related movement restriction.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

An extended database was created by combining and reconciling the nationwide Utstein-style OHCA and the emergency medical service (EMS) transportation databases in Japan.

Participants

We analysed 226 182 EMS-witnessed, non-newborn and out-of-home OHCA cases in Japan.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcomes were the PAD incidence and neurologically favourable 1-month survival rate. The secondary out

SUBMITTER: Omatsu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11015190 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature