Association of Prehospital Advanced Life Support by Physician With Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest With Blunt Trauma Following Traffic Collisions: Japanese Registry-Based Study.

ABSTRACT: Importance:Controversy remains as to whether advanced life support (ALS) or basic life support (BLS) is superior for critically ill and injured patients, including out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and major trauma, in the prehospital setting. Objective:To assess whether prehospital ALS should be provided for traumatic OHCA and who should perform it. Design, Setting, and Participants:Japanese government-managed nationwide population-based registry data of patients with OHCA transported to an emergency hospital were analyzed. Patients who experienced traumatic OHCA following a traffic collision from 2013 to 2014 were included. Patients provided prehospital ALS by a physician were compared with both patients provided ALS by emergency medical service (EMS) personnel and patients with only

SUBMITTER: Fukuda T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6145650 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature