Dispelling the remoteness myth- a geospatial analysis of where out-of-hospital cardiac arrests are occurring in Western Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rurality has been shown to have a strong effect on survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), with survival in rural areas approximately half that of metropolitan areas. Western Australia provides a unique landscape to understand the impact of rurality, with 2.6 million people spread across 2.5 million km². We conducted a scale geospatial analysis with respect to population density and proximity to services, to understand the impact of rurality on bystander interventions, prehospital management and survival of OHCA patients.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study with a geospatial analysis of ambulance-attended, medical OHCA cases from 2015 to 2022. We compared bystander interventions, distances to services, population density and s

SUBMITTER: Smith A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11536345 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature