title: [Efforts of general practitioners in the treatment of heart arrest in a rural area. A prospective pilot study].
abstract: During a two year period, general practitioners in a local area were called to all 112 alarms (the number dialled in Denmark in emergencies) in order to improve the prognosis of patients with cardiac arrest. In 55% of the calls, the practitioners arrived within five minutes, whereas the ambulance arrived within five minutes in only 16% of the cases (p < 0.01). Three of ten patients with cardiac arrest survived without cerebral damage. In 23% of the cases final treatment was completed by the local practitioner.
authors.affiliation: Medicinsk afdeling, Haderslev Sygehus.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Koldbaek
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Høyer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lynggård
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Simonsen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Elholm
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Møller
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Ankersen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bruun
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003718:Denmark; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010821:Physicians, Family; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012424:Rural Population; D013997:Time Factors; D000078329:Workforce
vernacular_title: Praktiserende laegers indsats i behandlingen af hjertestop i et landområde. Et prospektivt pilostudie.