Regions of high out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and low bystander CPR rates in Victoria, Australia

Ben Beck,Lahn Straney,Janet Bray,Judith Finn,Stephen Bernard,Kylie Dyson,Marijana Lijovic,Karen Smith

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.09.274

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Regions of high out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and low bystander CPR rates in Victoria, Australia

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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains a major public health issue and research has shown that large regional variation in outcomes exists
Over the study period there were 31,019 adult OHCA attended, of which 21,436 (69.1%) cases were of presumed cardiac etiology
The overall rate of bystander CPR for bystander witnessed OHCAs was 62.4%, with the rate increasing from 56.4% in 2008–2010 to 68.6% in 2010–2013

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Introduction

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains a major public health issue [1]. Efforts to improve out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes focus on improving the chain of survival [5,6]. This includes early recognition of cardiac arrest symptoms, early CPR, early defibrillation and early advanced post-resuscitation care [7]. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains a major public health issue and research has shown that large regional variation in outcomes exists. The aim of this study is to identify census areas with high incidence of OHCA and low rates of bystander CPR in Victoria, Australia

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