Prehospital determinants of successful resuscitation after traumatic and non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Ed Benjamin Graham BarnardDaniel D SandbachTracy L NichollsAlastair W WilsonAri Ercole

Published in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2019)

NTCA and TCA are clinically distinct entities with different predictors for outcome-future OHCA reports should aim to separate arrest aetiologies. Determinants of survival to hospital admission and discharge differ in a way that likely reflects the determinants of neurological injury. Bystander CPR public engagement may be best focused in more deprived areas.

Keyphrases

cardiac arrest
spinal cord injury
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
healthcare
adverse drug
emergency department
social media
free survival
trauma patients
emergency medical