RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival in rural Northwest Ireland: 17 years' experience
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 437
OP 438
DO 10.1136/emj.2009.082784
VO 28
IS 5
A1 Siobhán Masterson
A1 Peter Wright
A1 John Dowling
A1 David Swann
A1 Gerard Bury
A1 Andrew Murphy
YR 2011
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/28/5/437.abstract
AB SAVES, the name used to describe a register of survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), was established in rural Northwest Ireland in 1992. From 1992 to 2008, 80 survivors were identified (population 239 000 (2006)). Most incidents were witnessed (69/70) and all were in shockable rhythm at the time of first rhythm analysis (66/66). Of 66 patients who could be traced, 46 were alive in December 2008. Average survival rates appeared to increase over the lifetime of the database. SAVES has also contributed to the development of a national OHCA register.