Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival in rural Northwest Ireland: 17 years' experience.
SAVES, the name used to describe a register of survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), was established in rural Northwest Ireland in 1992. From 1992 to 2008, 80 survivors were identified (population 239,000 (2006)). Most incidents were witnessed (69/70) and all were in shockable rhythm at the time of first rhythm analysis (66/66). Of 66 patients who could be traced, 46 were alive in December 2008. Average survival rates appeared to increase over the lifetime of the database. SAVES has also contributed to the development of a national OHCA register.
Masterson
Siobhán
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Department of Public Health Medicine, Health Service Executive North-West, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland. siobhan.masterson@hse.ie
Wright
Peter
P
Dowling
John
J
Swann
David
D
Bury
Gerard
G
Murphy
Andrew
A
D000368:Aged; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009660:Northern Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D058687:Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D012042:Registries; D012424:Rural Population; D015996:Survival Rate