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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest"”.
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Prehospital Care of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients
PURPOSE: To evaluate the outcome of the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and the emergency medical service system. METHODS: From October 2001 to September 2003,we collected data about all out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients visited our emergency medical center. Data were collected with our …
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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Left Ventricular Recovery After Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Background: The mechanisms and degree of myocardial recovery during treatment with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) are unclear. We performed a descriptive study to evaluate myocardial recovery and changes in parameters of myocardial loading using echocardiography. …
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Human Factors in Drone Delivery of Automatic External Defibrillators for Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Older Adult Considerations
… have the potential to improve survival rates of Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrests (OHCA) due to earlier access to defibrillation. There is a lack of user-centred, and older adult-focused research in this area. The present study evaluated the perceptions and interactions of older adults with a …
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Obstacles to perform high quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs)
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rate of patients in Korea is lower than the global average and it might be caused by extremely low rate of return of spontaneous circulation in prehospital field. The authors identified the obstacles that disturb on-scene cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) …
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Mortality Risk Among Patients Who Present to Hospitals with Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
In the emergent setting of an ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) presenting with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), decisions for immediate coronary angiography are made when the likelihood of survival is highly variable and unknown. A simple prognostic tool that can identify …
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Clinical characteristics of acute brain swelling in patients with successfully resuscitated from non-traumatic out of hospital cardiac arrest
The number of cardiac arrest patients who were resuscitated has been increasing as the development of emergency medical service. Brain swelling is often found in the patients with return of spontaneous circulation. This study is going to identify risk factor for brain swelling and its frequency, …
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Lived Experience of Survivorship After Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest From Survivor and Co-Survivor Perspectives: A Qualitative Phenomenological Research Study
… 3,959 to 7,000 children experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest every year. For adolescents, 17.3% survivor until hospital discharge, translating to a minimum of 153 adolescents returning to their home and family contexts every year. These survivors have significant short-term and …
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An exploration of the recognition of deterioration in ems witnessed cardiac arrest: improving national outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).
… around the premise that despite the presence of globally agreed evidence-based treatment guidelines, there exists significant variation in the recognition of patient deterioration in the pre-hospital environment by Emergency Medical Services (EMS). The synthesis of my body of work will …
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Views and perceptions of advanced life support practitioners on initiating, withholding and terminating resuscitation in out of hospital cardiac arrest in the emergency medical services of the Western Cape
Non-communicable disease as a cause of death is on the rise. Cardiovascular disease was the main non-communicable cause of death in South Africa and the Western Cape in 2018, comprising of 18.9% of all deaths in the country. (1) Cardiovascular disease remains the predominant cause of …
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Preparing providers for advanced life support in the prehospital environment
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death and Ambulance Victoria estimated over 30,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of hospital each year in Australia (1, 2). When an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest occurs, first responders, paramedics or other clinicians attached to ambulance, …
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An analysis of the isiXhosa telephonic descriptors of cardiac arrest (ca) in a Western Cape emergency control centre
Introduction: Out-of-hospital cardiac Arrest (OHCA) represents a considerable public health challenge, characterised by its critical time sensitivity, high morbidity, and poor survival rates. Despite decades of low survival rates, OHCA survival has been a constant concern for healthcare systems …
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Aspects of bleeding complications and hemostasis at central line insertion and mild induced hypothermia
… the ideal threshold platelet count and timing of transfusion remain controversial among clinical studies. Hypothermia is generally considered to reduce coagulation and platelet function. However, studies performed in animals, healthy volunteers, and patients have shown conflicting results. …
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Leveraging Process Mining and Deep Learning to Improve Health and Safety Outcome Predictive Models
… This thesis investigates the application of deep learning in predictive modeling across three key domains: process optimization, healthcare, and occupational safety. The first contribution introduces the Adjacency Matrix Deep Learning Prediction (AXDP) Model, which combines graph theory …
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Induced hypothermia after cardiac arrest
This thesis is based on studies of the clinical use of induced hypothermia as an intervention to reduce mortality and neurological impairment after cardiac arrest. After the publication of two trials indicating benefit of induced hypothermia, we developed a registry to assess outcome, possible …
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An analysis of the Afrikaans telephonic descriptors of cardiac arrest in a Western Cape Emergency Control centre
Introduction: Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) is a time-sensitive emergency which requires prompt identification and emergency care in order to reduce morbidity and mortality. The first step in recognising OHCA is rapid identification by the emergency dispatch centre. Identification of such …
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The development and testing of a training intervention designed to improve the acquisition and retention of CPR knowledge and skills in ambulance paramedics
… there has been little overall improvement in the out-of-hospital, cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival rates. Reports indicate that, although the incidence and outcome of OHCA vary across the globe, the median reported rates of survival at hospital discharge have remained below 10% for the 30 years …
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An assessment of theoretical knowledge and psychomotor skills of Basic Life Support Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation provision by Emergency Medical Services in a province in South Africa
… rates can approach 50% following witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. However, survival rates are more commonly much worse in both the in-hospital and out-of-hospital context and range from 0% to 18%. There is a paucity of evidence surrounding the competency at which basic life support …
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Emergency Medical Services Response Optimization
… emergencies are responsible for one-third of all deaths worldwide and similarly affect both developed and developing countries. Emergency medical services (EMS) provide rapid out-of-hospital treatment for time-sensitive medical emergencies. In this thesis, we combine optimization and …
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An innovative resuscitation training strategy for primary care nurses: feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial
Unexpected cardiac arrest remains a significant cause of out-of-hospital death world-wide, and prompt recognition of cardiac arrest and initiation of resuscitation is the predominating factor in quadrupling survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Patients with more complex needs are being …