title: [Measures combating pre-hospital sudden death].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study pre-hospital sudden death so as to reduce the death rate.
  
  
  METHODS
  814 pre-hospital deaths were randomly selected from January 1990 to May 1994 for a retrospective study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  616 deaths (75.7%) showed a history of cardiac disease and hypertension. The age for high sudden death rate ranged from 50 to 69 years (53.9%). Most of the cases (87.8%) were found in their homes. 21 cases (2.58%) successfully recovered.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The key points to improve the success rate of pre-hospital sudden death are: completing Beijing Emergency Medical Center's emergency care network so as to decrease the emergency care radium and shorten the emergency care time; disseminating emergency care knowledge on CPR and CPR technique.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Emergency Medical Center.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology