Comparison of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests and Fatalities in the Metro Detroit Area During the COVID-19 Pandemic With Previous-Year Events

Adrienne V Nickles,Stacie L Demel,Mathew J Reeves,Justin Allen,Adam Oostema,Suzanne L O’Brien

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.32331

Abstract

Stig Nikolaj Blomberg, MsC; Helle Collatz Christensen, MD, PhD; Freddy Lippert, MD; Annette Kjær Ersbøll, MsC, PhD; Christian Torp-Petersen, MD, PhD; Michael R. Sayre, MD; Peter J. Kudenchuk, MD; Fredrik Folke, MD, PhD

Highlights

It is difficult to overstate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
Nontraumatic ofhospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) calls in Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties between January 1 and May 31 of both 2019 and 2020 were identified from the Michigan emergency medical services (EMS) Information System
Between March 23 and May 31, 2019, there were 1162 OHCA calls identified from the Michigan EMS Information System

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Introduction

It is difficult to overstate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In Michigan, 360 449 confirmed infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, have occurred since the first documented cases on March 10, 2020.2 Nearly 33% of these cases occurred in the metropolitan Detroit area (Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties), an area with a combined population of 3.9 million.[2] Reports from Italy,[3] France,[4] and New York[5] have documented marked increases in out-ofhospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) attended by emergency medical services (EMS) in areas with significant COVID-19 burdens.

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