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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival in rural Northwest Ireland: 17 years' experience.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20679425     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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.
Authors:
Siobhán Masterson; Peter Wright; John Dowling; David Swann; Gerard Bury; Andrew Murphy
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-08-02
Journal Detail:
Title:  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ     Volume:  28     ISSN:  1472-0213     ISO Abbreviation:  Emerg Med J     Publication Date:  2011 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-04-20     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100963089     Medline TA:  Emerg Med J     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  437-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health Medicine, Health Service Executive North-West, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland; siobhan.masterson@hse.ie.
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