Long-Term Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Care at Regionalized Centers.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

It is unknown whether regionalization of postarrest care by interfacility transfer to cardiac arrest receiving centers reduces mortality. We seek to evaluate whether treatment at a cardiac arrest receiving center, whether by direct transport or early interfacility transfer, is independently associated with long-term outcome.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study including adults resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in southwestern Pennsylvania and neighboring Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland, which includes approximately 5.7 million residents in urban, suburban, and rural counties. Patients were treated by 1 of 78 ground emergency medical services agencies or 2 air medical transport agencies between January 1, 2010, and November 30, 2

SUBMITTER: Elmer J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6429559 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature