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Gombotz, H; Weh, B; Mitterndorfer, W; Rehak, P.
In-hospital cardiac resuscitation outside the ICU by nursing staff equipped with automated external defibrillators--the first 500 cases.
Resuscitation. 2006; 70(3): 416-422. Doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.02.006
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Co-authors Med Uni Graz: Rehak Peter
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Abstract:: BACKGROUND: Since nursing staff in the hospital are frequently the first to witness a cardiac arrest, they may play a central role in the effective management of in-hospital cardiac arrest. In this retrospective study the first 500 in-hospital cardiac arrests in non-monitored areas, which were treated initially by nursing staff equipped with automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are reported. METHODS AND RESULTS: Between April 2001 and December 2004, 500 in-hospital cardiac arrest calls were made: there were false arrests in 61 patients, so a total of 439 patients (88%) were evaluated using the Utstein style of data collection. ROSC occurred in 256 patients (58%), 125 (28%) were discharged from hospital and 95 (22%) were still alive 6 months after discharge. Among the 73 patients with VF/VT 63 (86%) had ROSC, 34 (47%) were discharged from hospital and 28 (38%) were alive after 6 months. The chance of survival was not influenced by the time between the call of the arrest team and the 1st defibrillation but was slightly higher with physicians as in-hospital first responders (p=0.078). In contrast, 366 patients with non-VF/VT, 193 (53%) had ROSC, but only 91 (25%) were discharged from hospital and 67 (18%) were alive after 6 months. The risk of dying was significantly higher in patients with non-VF/VT (p<0.001), and there was a trend to a higher risk ratio in patients older than 65 years and in patients with non-witnessed cardiac arrest (p=0.056 and 0.079, respectively). CONCLUSION: This observational study supports the concept of hospital-wide first responder resuscitation performed by nursing staff before the arrival of the CPR-team. Among these patients survival rate was higher in those with VF/VT defibrillated at an early stage. Consequently, it may be assumed that patients may die unnecessarily due to sudden cardiac arrest if proper in-hospital resuscitation programmes are not available.
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