Healthcare provider bystander CPR and AED rates for cardiac arrest in U.S. nursing homes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nursing home residents are typically excluded in studies of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Since nursing homes have on-site healthcare staff, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) for OHCA would ideally be 100% before arrival of 9-1-1 emergency responders. However, little is known about healthcare provider bystander response and the degree of variability in initiating CPR and AED use in nursing homes.

Methods

Within the U.S. CARES registry, we identified 71,530 adults at nursing homes who had resuscitation initiated for OHCA between 2013-2021. We assessed rates of bystander CPR and AED application by nursing home healthcare staff. Using multivariable hierarchical logistic regression, we quantified variatio

SUBMITTER: Jiang E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11925562 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature