Variation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival Across Emergency Medical Service Agencies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although studies have reported variation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival by geographic location, little is known about variation in OHCA survival at the level of emergency medical service (EMS) agencies-which may have modifiable practices, unlike counties and regions. We quantified the variation in OHCA survival across EMS agencies and explored whether variation in 2 specific EMS resuscitation practices were associated with survival to hospital admission.

Methods

Within the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival, a prospective registry representing ≈51% of the US population, we identified 258 342 OHCAs from 764 EMS agencies with >10 OHCA cases annually during 2015 to 2019. Using hierarchical logistic regression, risk-standardized rate

SUBMITTER: Garcia RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9233095 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature