Jens-Christian Schewe1, Jochen Kappler2, Ulrich Heister2, Stefan Udo Weber2, Christian Jens Diepenseifen3, Benjamin Frings2, Andreas Hoeft2, Matthias Fischer4. 1. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Street 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany. Electronic address: jens-christian.schewe@ukb.uni-bonn.de. 2. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Street 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany. 3. Emergency Medical System Oberbergischer Kreis, Department of Emergency Medicine, Lockenfeld 12, 51709 Marienheide, Germany. 4. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Klinik am Eichert, ALB FILS Kliniken, Eichertstraße 3, 73035 Göppingen, Germany.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Patient outcome after out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) depends on the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performance and might also be influenced by organisation of the emergency medical service (EMS) and implementation of guidelines. AIM: To assess the rate of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after cardiac arrest to the predicted rate by the ROSC after cardiac arrest (RACA) score over a 15-year period reflecting three different implemented ALS-guidelines in a physician-staffed EMS. METHODS: All adult patients with non-traumatic OHCA in the EMS of Bonn from 1996 to 2011 were included. Utstein data from three 5-years time periods (1996-2001, 2001-2006, 2006-2011) representing different ALS-guideline implementations were collected. Group comparisons were made in terms of incidence, epidemiology and short-term outcome of CPR with emphasis on changes over time and factors of importance. In each group observed ROSC rate were compared to the predicted ROSC rates (the RACA score). RESULTS: CPR by the ALS unit was attempted in a total of 1989 patients (735, 666, and 588 patients in the first, second and third period, respectively). Average crude incidence of CPR per 100,000 person-years decreased over time (61.3; 55.5; 49.0/100,000/years) while patients treated were significantly older (65.5 ± 16.5; 67.9 ± 15; 68.9 ± 15.7 (p<0.001)). Observed ROSC rates were higher than predicted by the RACA score in all time periods, however, admittance to ICU decreased significantly from 50% in the first five-year period to 38% last five-year period (p<0.001). From first to third period the proportion of arrests with first observed rhythm of VT/VF arrests did not change (29% vs. 27%, p=0.323) nor there were changes in bystander CPR rates (17% vs. 17%, p=0.520). CONCLUSIONS: In a 15-years period and in the setting of a physician-staffed EMS the ROSC rates remain higher than predicted by the RACA score but the admittance to the ICU after OHCA declined significantly. This finding was accompanied by a decrease in CPR incidence and an increase in age of patients.
BACKGROUND:Patient outcome after out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) depends on the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performance and might also be influenced by organisation of the emergency medical service (EMS) and implementation of guidelines. AIM: To assess the rate of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after cardiac arrest to the predicted rate by the ROSC after cardiac arrest (RACA) score over a 15-year period reflecting three different implemented ALS-guidelines in a physician-staffed EMS. METHODS: All adult patients with non-traumatic OHCA in the EMS of Bonn from 1996 to 2011 were included. Utstein data from three 5-years time periods (1996-2001, 2001-2006, 2006-2011) representing different ALS-guideline implementations were collected. Group comparisons were made in terms of incidence, epidemiology and short-term outcome of CPR with emphasis on changes over time and factors of importance. In each group observed ROSC rate were compared to the predicted ROSC rates (the RACA score). RESULTS: CPR by the ALS unit was attempted in a total of 1989 patients (735, 666, and 588 patients in the first, second and third period, respectively). Average crude incidence of CPR per 100,000 person-years decreased over time (61.3; 55.5; 49.0/100,000/years) while patients treated were significantly older (65.5 ± 16.5; 67.9 ± 15; 68.9 ± 15.7 (p<0.001)). Observed ROSC rates were higher than predicted by the RACA score in all time periods, however, admittance to ICU decreased significantly from 50% in the first five-year period to 38% last five-year period (p<0.001). From first to third period the proportion of arrests with first observed rhythm of VT/VF arrests did not change (29% vs. 27%, p=0.323) nor there were changes in bystander CPR rates (17% vs. 17%, p=0.520). CONCLUSIONS: In a 15-years period and in the setting of a physician-staffed EMS the ROSC rates remain higher than predicted by the RACA score but the admittance to the ICU after OHCA declined significantly. This finding was accompanied by a decrease in CPR incidence and an increase in age of patients.
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