title: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival in rural Northwest Ireland: 17 years' experience.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Medicine, Health Service Executive North-West, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland. siobhan.masterson@hse.ie
authors.forename: Siobhán
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masterson
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dowling
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Swann
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bury
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: 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