SURVIVAL FROM CARDIAC-ARREST IN AN ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT - THE IMPACT OF OUT-OF-HOSPITAL ADVISORY DEFIBRILLATION

被引:20
作者
HAMER, DW [1 ]
GORDON, MWG [1 ]
CUSACK, S [1 ]
ROBERTSON, CE [1 ]
机构
[1] ROYAL EDINBURGH & ASSOCIATED HOSP,DEPT ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY MED & SURG,LAURISTON PL,EDINBURGH EH3 9YW,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
关键词
CARDIAC ARREST; DEFIBRILLATION; OUTCOME;
D O I
10.1016/0300-9572(93)90160-R
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100602 ;
摘要
A prospective 1-year audit of cardiac arrests treated in the Accident and Emergency department of the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh is presented. During the period January 1st, 1991 to December 31st, 1991, 325 patients with cardiac arrest were treated. Two-hundred nintey-seven of these were 'out-of-hospital' and 28 were 'in-department' arrests. Of patients with 'out-of-hospital' ventricular fibrillation/pulseless ventricular tachycardia 22.8% were discharged. Survival rates for patients with asystole or electromechanical dissociation were very poor. The impact of semiautomatic out-of-hospital defibrillation upon the survival and number of patients presenting to the department is discussed.
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