title: Out-of-hospital adult cardiac arrests in a university hospital in central Saudi Arabia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the characteristics of adult out-of-hospital arrest patients and their outcomes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a prospective descriptive study of out-of-hospital adult arrests incident transported to King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between July 2012 and September 2013.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 96 adult patients were enrolled in this study. Males represented 62.5% of the participants. The mean age of the study population was 58.9 years, and specifically 30.8 years for traumatic arrests, and 62.9 for non-traumatic. An over-all mortality rate of 95.8% was documented, as well as a low rate of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation being performed, and a family member transported most patients to the hospital.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A low survival rate for non-traumatic out-of-hospital adult arrest patients and a 100% mortality rate in traumatic arrests were discovered.
authors: Emergency Medical Services, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail. hbinsalleeh@ksu.edu.sa.
authors: Hashim M
authors: HM
authors: Bin Salleeh
authors: Khalid A
authors: KA
authors: Gabralla
authors: William J
authors: WJ
authors: Leggio
authors: Zohair A
authors: ZA
authors: Al Aseri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology