TY - JOUR T1 - Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival in rural Northwest Ireland: 17 years' experience JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 437 LP - 438 DO - 10.1136/emj.2009.082784 VL - 28 IS - 5 AU - Siobhán Masterson AU - Peter Wright AU - John Dowling AU - David Swann AU - Gerard Bury AU - Andrew Murphy Y1 - 2011/05/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/28/5/437.abstract N2 - 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. ER -