A retrospective study on epidemiological analysis of pre-hospital emergency care in Hangzhou, China

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a leading cause of global mortality, with numerous factors influencing the patient survival rate and prognosis. This study aimed to evaluate the OHCA epidemiology in China and elaborate on the current Hangzhou emergency system status. This retrospective analy...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 18; no. 4; p. e0282870
Main Authors:	Wang, Jiangang, He, Yanbin, Chen, Xiaoling, Chen, Miaomiao, Tang, Chunfu, Lu, Fenghua, Qi, Ming, Zhang, Jungen
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 18-04-2023 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Analysis Biology and Life Sciences Cardiac arrest Cardiac arrhythmia Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Care and treatment China China - epidemiology Consciousness CPR Diagnosis Disease Emergency communications systems Emergency medical care Emergency Medical Services Emergency medicine Emergency preparedness Emergency response Epidemiology Epinephrine Ethics Evaluation First aid First aid in illness and injury Health aspects Heart Heart attack Heart beat Hospitalization Hospitals Humans Medical care Medical personnel Medical prognosis Medical treatment Medicine and Health Sciences Mortality Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - epidemiology Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - therapy Patients People and Places Physical Sciences Physicians Quality management Respiration Response time Retrospective Studies Success Survival China
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Summary:	Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a leading cause of global mortality, with numerous factors influencing the patient survival rate and prognosis. This study aimed to evaluate the OHCA epidemiology in China and elaborate on the current Hangzhou emergency system status. This retrospective analysis was based on the medical history system of the Hangzhou Emergency Center registered from 2015-2021. We provided a detailed description of OHCA characteristics and investigated the factors affecting the success rate of emergency treatment in terms of epidemiology, causes of onset, bystander rescue, and outcome factors. We included 9585 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases, of which 5442 (56.8%) had evidence of resuscitation. Patients with underlying diseases constituted the vast majority (80.1%); trauma and physicochemical factors accounted for 16.5% and 3.4%, respectively. Only 30.4% of patients (about 80.0% of bystanders witnessed) received bystander first aid. The outcome rate of emergency doctors dispatched by emergency centres was significantly higher than doctors dispatched by hospitals. Additionally, physician's first-aid experience, emergency response time, emergency telephone availability, initial heart rhythm, out-of-hospital defibrillation, out-of-hospital intubation, and using of epinephrine significantly can significantly improve the out-of-hospital return of spontaneous circulation in patients. All steps in pre-hospital care are important for patients, especially for bystander first aid and physician's first-aid experience. The popularity of first-aid training and the public emergency medical system are not potent enough. We should take those key factors into consideration when developing a pre-hospital care system for OHCA.
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ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0282870