Survival after traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Vietnam: a multicenter prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pre-hospital services are not well developed in Vietnam, especially the lack of a trauma system of care. Thus, the prognosis of traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) might differ from that of other countries. Although the outcome in cardiac arrest following trauma is dismal, pre-hospital resuscitation efforts are not futile and seem worthwhile. Understanding the country-specific causes, risk, and prognosis of traumatic OHCA is important to reduce mortality in Vietnam. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the survival rate from traumatic OHCA and to measure the critical components of the chain of survival following a traumatic OHCA in the country.

Methods

We performed a multicenter prospective observational study of patients (> 16 years) presenting

SUBMITTER: Do SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8609736 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature