title: [Cardiac arrest in France: Why a national register?].
abstract: Cardiac arrest is a public health issue for which international guidelines are updated every five years (last bringing up to date on 2010 october). The lake of epidemiologic data on cardiac arrest justifies the building of a national register. French SAMU experienced registers especially in the field of acute coronary syndrom. Our national register "RéAC"is planned to deploy the present year for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with the help of our scientific societies and the Department of Health. It is integrated in a program of evaluation and improvement of professional practices for physicians and prehospital teams who will be involved in its exhaustive use.
authors.affiliation: SAMU 69, CHU Lyon, 69437, Lyon cedex 03, France. pierre-yves.gueugniaud@chu-lyon.fr
authors.forename: Pierre-Yves
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Gueugniaud
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Savary
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hubert
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D047548:Defibrillators; D005602:France; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012042:Registries