Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treated by emergency medical service teams during COVID-19 pandemic: A retrospective cohort study.
Magdalena J BorkowskaJacek SmerekaKamil SafiejkoKlaudiusz NadolnyMaciej MaslankaKrzysztof Jerzy FilipiakMilosz Jaroslaw JaguszewskiAgnieszka SzarpakPublished in: Cardiology journal (2020)
The present study found that OHCA incidence rate in the Masovian population (central region of Poland) in March-April 2020 period was 12.2/100,000 adult inhabitants. Return of spontaneous circulation in EMS was observed only in 9.4% of resuscitated patients. The presence of shockable rhythms was associated with better prognosis. The prehospital mortality, even though it was high, did not differ from those reported by other studies.