Incidence, characteristics and survival outcomes of out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest in children and adolescents between 1997 and 2014 in Perth, Western Australia

Objective The present study was to describe the trends in the incidence, characteristics and survival of paediatric out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) over an 18 year period. Methods We conducted a population‐based retrospective cohort study using prospectively collected data from all OHCA patien...

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Published in:Emergency medicine Australasia 2017-02, Vol.29 (1), p.69-76
Main Authors: Inoue, Madoka, Tohira, Hideo, Williams, Teresa, Bailey, Paul, Borland, Meredith, McKenzie, Nicole, Brink, Deon, Finn, Judith
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Allied Health Personnel - statistics & numerical data
Bystander Effect
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - methods
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - standards
Child
Child, Preschool
Cohort Studies
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - epidemiology
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - mortality
out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest
paediatrics
Retrospective Studies
Survival Analysis
survival rate
Time Factors
Western Australia - epidemiology
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Summary:Objective The present study was to describe the trends in the incidence, characteristics and survival of paediatric out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) over an 18 year period. Methods We conducted a population‐based retrospective cohort study using prospectively collected data from all OHCA patients aged
ISSN:1742-6731
1742-6723
DOI:10.1111/1742-6723.12657