36 Pre-hospital resuscitation of children in the city of prague

AimWhile there is a lot of studies dealing with out out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in adults, data about OHCA in children age (CH-OHCA) are rarely published. The aim of this study is to describe epidemiology and results of CH-OHCA in City of Prague.MethodThis is a retrospective analysis of ep...

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Published in:BMJ open 2018-04, Vol.8 (Suppl 1), p.A13-A14
Main Authors: Vesela, K, Franek, O
Format: Article
Language:English
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Age
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
CPR
Epidemiology
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Summary:AimWhile there is a lot of studies dealing with out out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in adults, data about OHCA in children age (CH-OHCA) are rarely published. The aim of this study is to describe epidemiology and results of CH-OHCA in City of Prague.MethodThis is a retrospective analysis of epidemiology and survival rates of CH-OHCA during period from 2003 to 2015. The data are taken from Prague OHCA Utstein-style database.ResultsIn the study period, there were 6 626 OHCAs attended by Prague EMS, of which 121 met the criteria of CH-OHCA (1.8%, 0.78 CH-OHCA per 100.000 inhabitants and year). The majority of CH-OHCA occurred in age groups 0–0.99 (35; 28.9%; p
ISSN:2044-6055
2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-EMS.36