Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation--two years experience in a new teaching center.
Cardiac arrest calls at a new tertiary referral hospital are reviewed over a two year period. The formation of a committee responsible for conducting and supervising the resuscitation team is outlined. There were 146 calls for 120 patients, 49 patients (40.8%) were initially resuscitated and 8 (6.66%) of these were discharged home. Age did not appear to influence the prognosis. Coronary heart disease was the commonest pathology (40%) of ventricular fibrillation and tachycardia were the leading causes of cardiac arrest.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000193:education; D012529:Saudi Arabia