title: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
abstract: Myocardial disease and death from cardiac arrest remain significant public health problems. Sudden death events and out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) are encountered frequently by emergency medical services. Despite more than 30 years of research, survival rates remain extremely low. This article reviews access and presentations, demographics, OHCA outcomes, and response systems and processes in treatment of patients with arrest in this setting.
authors: Emergency Medicine Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. tanner.boyd@gmail.com
authors: Tanner S
authors: TS
authors: Boyd
authors: Debra G
authors: DG
authors: Perina
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D058687:Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology