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Survival after Cardiac Arrest and Changing Task Profile of the Cardiac Arrest Team in a Tertiary Care Center
Joint Authors
Atzinger, Rolf
Polasek, Jan
Huge, Volker
Briegel, Josef
Möhnle, Patrick
Kreimeier, Uwe
Weig, Isabella
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-04-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Natural & Life Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Background.
The characteristics of in-hospital emergency response systems, survival rates, and variables associated with survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest vary significantly among medical centers worldwide.
Aiming to optimize in-hospital emergency response, we performed an analysis of survival after in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the task profile of our cardiac arrest team.
Methods.
In-hospital emergencies handled by the cardiac arrest team in the years 2004 to 2006 were analyzed retrospectively, and patient and event characteristics were tested for their associations with survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
The results were compared to a similar prior analysis for the years 1995 to 1997.
Results.
After cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the survival rate to discharge was 30.2% for the years 2004 to 2006 compared to 25.1% for the years 1995 to 1997 (difference not statistically significant).
Survival after one year was 18.5 %.
An increasing percentage of emergency calls not corresponding to medical emergencies other than cardiac arrest was observed.
Conclusions.
The observed survival rates are considerably high to published data.
We suggest that for further improvement of in-hospital emergency response systems regular training of all hospital staff members in immediate life support is essential.
Furthermore, future training of cardiac arrest team members must include basic emergency response to a variety of medical conditions besides cardiac arrest.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Möhnle, Patrick& Huge, Volker& Polasek, Jan& Weig, Isabella& Atzinger, Rolf& Kreimeier, Uwe…[et al.]. 2012. Survival after Cardiac Arrest and Changing Task Profile of the Cardiac Arrest Team in a Tertiary Care Center. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-461135
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Möhnle, Patrick…[et al.]. Survival after Cardiac Arrest and Changing Task Profile of the Cardiac Arrest Team in a Tertiary Care Center. The Scientific World Journal No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-461135
American Medical Association (AMA)
Möhnle, Patrick& Huge, Volker& Polasek, Jan& Weig, Isabella& Atzinger, Rolf& Kreimeier, Uwe…[et al.]. Survival after Cardiac Arrest and Changing Task Profile of the Cardiac Arrest Team in a Tertiary Care Center. The Scientific World Journal. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-461135
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-461135