Background and Objectives: Despite advances in the treatment of heart diseases, outcome patients experiencing sudden cardiac arrest remains poor. The aim our study was to determine prehospital variables as predictors survival outcomes out-of-hospital (OHCA) victims. Materials Methods: This a retrospective observational cohort OHCA cases. EMS protocols created accordance with Utstein style repor...

Background and aims: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) success rate is an important issue for allhealthcare facilities. In the present study, success rate and related factors were assessed in a hospitalin Iran.Methods: This descriptive-correlational study was conducted in 2017. By using the conveniencesampling, 156 patients were selected. Variables based on the In-Hosp...

Aims. To investigate the return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), survival to discharge, six-month and one-year survival of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in four university cities in Serbia. Methods. A prospective, two-year, multicentre study was designed. Using the Utstein template, we recorded out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary (CPR) and its outcomes, and analyzed the immediate s...

Objective In Japan, the protocol for timing of adrenaline administration by paramedics is determined local medical control council. The purpose this study was to compare, via prehospital care indices, how differences in ‘adrenaline times’ across prefectures influence cerebral functioning prognoses. Methods We included 13,326 cases registered nationwide Utstein style database. To compare tim...

OBJECTIVES To establish a uniform framework describing the system and organisation of emergency medical response centres and the process of emergency medical dispatching (EMD) when reporting results from studies in emergency medicine and prehospital care. DESIGN AND RESULTS In September 2005 a task force of 22 experts from 12 countries met in Stavanger; Norway at the Utstein Abbey to review d...

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RATIONALE Different Utstein based reporting systems are used for research purpose in resuscitative medicine worldwide and resuscitation attempts data are available from different countries. In Romania, the only data available has been from the previous work in the Emergency Department of "Sf. Pantelimon" Emergency Hospital, since 2006. OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to describe the charac...