Influence of various therapeutic models on survival after prehospital cardiac arrest
Fonsmark, L.; Leikersfeldt, G.; Møller, J.; Reich, H.; Sandøe, E.; Videbaek, J.; Lyngborg, K.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 155(25): 1953-1958
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-5782 PMID: 8317060 Document Number: 405922
We analyzed the outcome after prehospital cardiac arrest in a part of greater Copenhagen. Four different emergency medical systems were acting: a system providing basic life support only (group 1), a system providing basic life support and early defibrillation (group 2), a system providing basic life support followed by advanced cardiac life support (group 3), and a system providing basic life support and early defibrillation followed by advanced cardiac life support (group 4). Over a 2-year period 624 cases of cardiac arrest were reported, 34 were discharged from hospital. The survival to discharge from hospital and the one-year survival were significantly better in group 4. Our data reconfirm that early advanced cardiac life support improves survival rates for prehospital cardiac arrest.