Variation in Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Between Emergency Medical Services Agencies.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Emergency medical services (EMS) deliver essential initial care for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), but the extent to which patient outcomes vary between different EMS agencies is not fully understood.

Objective

To quantify variation in patient outcomes after OHCA across EMS agencies.

Design, setting, and participants

This observational cohort study was conducted in the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) Epistry, a prospective multicenter OHCA registry at 10 sites in North America. Any adult with OHCA treated by an EMS from April 2011 through June 2015 was included. Data analysis occurred from May 2017 to March 2018.

Exposure

Treating EMS agency.

Main outcomes and measures

The primary outcome was survival to hospital

SUBMITTER: Okubo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6233822 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature