The epidemiological analysis of patients in pre-hospital sudden cardiac death for our large and medium sized cities

Abstract

Objective To investigate the epidemiological information of patients in pre-hospital sudden cardiac death for our large and medium-sized cities and probe the patients' characteristic. Methods The death data in 2008 were exported from the computer databases of 8 large and medium-sized cities' emergency medical centers in our country. The thorough records of death data were conducted to statistical analysis. Results ①The scheduling time, running time, rescue time, returning time, total time and service radius in the sudden cardiac death group were (2. 12 ± 1.02 ), ( 14. 10 ± 7. 05 ), (24. 79 ± 12.08 ), ( 13.79 ± 6.61 ), (54. 80 ± 25. 36 ) minutes and 7.90 ± 3.92 (km)respectively. ②The patients' amount of sudden cardiac death group was at most in first quarter, and the most time slice of patients' amount was 8:00 ～ 10:00, and the least time slice of patients' amount was 2:00 ～ 4:00. ③The sudden cardiac death amount of male patients was more than that of female patients, and its age was less than that of female patients. ④The percentage of witness' CPR was 4.48%, and the success rates of medical care personnel' CPR was 2. 26%. Conclusion ①The sudden cardiac death is the overriding reason of death in our large and medium-sized cities. ②It is very important to cut the death rate of the middle-old age patients by strengthening prevention and cure of cardiovascular diseases, discerning the critical illness early,improving the level of pre-hospital medical care and popularizing CPR to public. Key words: Pre-hospital medical care; Sudden cardiac death; Epidemiological analysis