title: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: two and a half years experience of an accident and emergency department in Hong Kong.
abstract: The results are presented of 2 1/2 years of experience of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrests who were resuscitated in an accident and emergency department (A&E) attached to an acute district hospital in Hong Kong. Out of 263 cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest as a result of a variety of causes only seven patients survived (3%) and among the 135 patients with cardiac aetiology only four survived (3%). Ways to improve the outcome for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Accident & Emergency Department, Kwong Wah Hospital, Yaumati, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Yeung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors