Shahzleen Rajan1, Mads Wissenberg2, Fredrik Folke2, Steen Møller Hansen2, Thomas A Gerds2, Kristian Kragholm2, Carolina Malta Hansen2, Lena Karlsson2, Freddy K Lippert2, Lars Køber2, Gunnar H Gislason2, Christian Torp-Pedersen2. 1. From Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark (S.R., F.F., C.M.H., L.K.); Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark (M.W.); Emergency Medical Services Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, Ballerup, Denmark (M.W., F.F., F.K.L.); Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark (S.M.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (T.A.G.); Department of Anesthesiology & Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark (K.K.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC (C.M.H.); Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark (L.K.); The National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen (G.H.G.); and Department of Health, Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark (C.T.-P.). shahzleen@gmail.com. 2. From Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark (S.R., F.F., C.M.H., L.K.); Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark (M.W.); Emergency Medical Services Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, Ballerup, Denmark (M.W., F.F., F.K.L.); Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark (S.M.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (T.A.G.); Department of Anesthesiology & Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark (K.K.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC (C.M.H.); Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark (L.K.); The National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen (G.H.G.); and Department of Health, Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark (C.T.-P.).
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) increases patient survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, but it is unknown to what degree bystander CPR remains positively associated with survival with increasing time to potential defibrillation. The main objective was to examine the association of bystander CPR with survival as time to advanced treatment increases. METHODS: We studied 7623 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients between 2005 and 2011, identified through the nationwide Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to examine the association between time from 911 call to emergency medical service arrival (response time) and survival according to whether bystander CPR was provided (yes or no). Reported are 30-day survival chances with 95% bootstrap confidence intervals. RESULTS: With increasing response times, adjusted 30-day survival chances decreased for both patients with bystander CPR and those without. However, the contrast between the survival chances of patients with versus without bystander CPR increased over time: within 5 minutes, 30-day survival was 14.5% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 12.8-16.4) versus 6.3% (95% CI: 5.1-7.6), corresponding to 2.3 times higher chances of survival associated with bystander CPR; within 10 minutes, 30-day survival chances were 6.7% (95% CI: 5.4-8.1) versus 2.2% (95% CI: 1.5-3.1), corresponding to 3.0 times higher chances of 30-day survival associated with bystander CPR. The contrast in 30-day survival became statistically insignificant when response time was >13 minutes (bystander CPR vs no bystander CPR: 3.7% [95% CI: 2.2-5.4] vs 1.5% [95% CI: 0.6-2.7]), but 30-day survival was still 2.5 times higher associated with bystander CPR. Based on the model and Danish out-of-hospital cardiac arrest statistics, an additional 233 patients could potentially be saved annually if response time was reduced from 10 to 5 minutes and 119 patients if response time was reduced from 7 (the median response time in this study) to 5 minutes. CONCLUSIONS: The absolute survival associated with bystander CPR declined rapidly with time. Yet bystander CPR while waiting for an ambulance was associated with a more than doubling of 30-day survival even in case of long ambulance response time. Decreasing ambulance response time by even a few minutes could potentially lead to many additional lives saved every year.
BACKGROUND: Bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) increases patient survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, but it is unknown to what degree bystander CPR remains positively associated with survival with increasing time to potential defibrillation. The main objective was to examine the association of bystander CPR with survival as time to advanced treatment increases. METHODS: We studied 7623 out-of-hospital cardiac arrestpatients between 2005 and 2011, identified through the nationwide Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to examine the association between time from 911 call to emergency medical service arrival (response time) and survival according to whether bystander CPR was provided (yes or no). Reported are 30-day survival chances with 95% bootstrap confidence intervals. RESULTS: With increasing response times, adjusted 30-day survival chances decreased for both patients with bystander CPR and those without. However, the contrast between the survival chances of patients with versus without bystander CPR increased over time: within 5 minutes, 30-day survival was 14.5% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 12.8-16.4) versus 6.3% (95% CI: 5.1-7.6), corresponding to 2.3 times higher chances of survival associated with bystander CPR; within 10 minutes, 30-day survival chances were 6.7% (95% CI: 5.4-8.1) versus 2.2% (95% CI: 1.5-3.1), corresponding to 3.0 times higher chances of 30-day survival associated with bystander CPR. The contrast in 30-day survival became statistically insignificant when response time was >13 minutes (bystander CPR vs no bystander CPR: 3.7% [95% CI: 2.2-5.4] vs 1.5% [95% CI: 0.6-2.7]), but 30-day survival was still 2.5 times higher associated with bystander CPR. Based on the model and Danish out-of-hospital cardiac arrest statistics, an additional 233 patients could potentially be saved annually if response time was reduced from 10 to 5 minutes and 119 patients if response time was reduced from 7 (the median response time in this study) to 5 minutes. CONCLUSIONS: The absolute survival associated with bystander CPR declined rapidly with time. Yet bystander CPR while waiting for an ambulance was associated with a more than doubling of 30-day survival even in case of long ambulance response time. Decreasing ambulance response time by even a few minutes could potentially lead to many additional lives saved every year.
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