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Article: Evaluation of the use of automatic external defibrillation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Hong Kong
Title | Evaluation of the use of automatic external defibrillation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Hong Kong |
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Keywords | Cardiac arrest Out-of-hospital CPR Automatic external defibrillator (AED) |
Issue Date | 1999 |
Citation | Resuscitation, 1999, v. 41, n. 2, p. 113-119 How to Cite? |
Abstract | A retrospective 6-month audit of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Hong Kong following the introduction of automatic external defibrillators is presented. During the 6-month period from 1 July 1995 to 31 December 1995, resuscitation was attempted on 754 patients. Of the 744 patients with cardiac arrest whose records were available, 53.6% had a witnessed arrest. Few cardiac arrest patients (8.9%) received bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the majority (80%) of arrests occurred at home. Six hundred and forty-three (86.4%) patients were declared dead on arrival at hospital or in the Accident and Emergency department; 89 (12%) died in hospital and only 12 (1.6%) were discharged alive. The average ambulance response interval (call receipt to arrival of ambulance at scene) was 6.42 min. The average arrest-to-first-shock interval was 23.77 min. Factors predicting survival included initial rhythm and arrest-to-first-shock interval. The survival rate of 1.6% is low by world standards. To improve the survival rates of people with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the arrest-to-call interval must be reduced and the frequency of bystander CPR assistance increased. Once these changes are in place, a beneficial effect from the use of pre-hospital defibrillation might be seen. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/209443 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 6.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.363 |
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dc.contributor.author | Lui, J.C.Z. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-21T07:49:19Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-04-21T07:49:19Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1999 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Resuscitation, 1999, v. 41, n. 2, p. 113-119 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0300-9572 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/209443 | - |
dc.description.abstract | A retrospective 6-month audit of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Hong Kong following the introduction of automatic external defibrillators is presented. During the 6-month period from 1 July 1995 to 31 December 1995, resuscitation was attempted on 754 patients. Of the 744 patients with cardiac arrest whose records were available, 53.6% had a witnessed arrest. Few cardiac arrest patients (8.9%) received bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the majority (80%) of arrests occurred at home. Six hundred and forty-three (86.4%) patients were declared dead on arrival at hospital or in the Accident and Emergency department; 89 (12%) died in hospital and only 12 (1.6%) were discharged alive. The average ambulance response interval (call receipt to arrival of ambulance at scene) was 6.42 min. The average arrest-to-first-shock interval was 23.77 min. Factors predicting survival included initial rhythm and arrest-to-first-shock interval. The survival rate of 1.6% is low by world standards. To improve the survival rates of people with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the arrest-to-call interval must be reduced and the frequency of bystander CPR assistance increased. Once these changes are in place, a beneficial effect from the use of pre-hospital defibrillation might be seen. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Resuscitation | - |
dc.subject | Cardiac arrest | - |
dc.subject | Out-of-hospital CPR | - |
dc.subject | Automatic external defibrillator (AED) | - |
dc.title | Evaluation of the use of automatic external defibrillation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Hong Kong | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/S0300-9572(99)00058-1 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 10488933 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-0033158077 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 41 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 113 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 119 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000082322900005 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0300-9572 | - |