Paramedic programs and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
II. Impact on community mortality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11037677 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Eisenberg, Lawrence Bergner, Alfred P Hallstrom, A Hallstrom |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-42 |
| Publication date | 1979-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.69.1.39 |
| PMID | 420354 |
| OpenAlex | W2021416131 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 4 |
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest was studied in suburban King County, Washington in an attempt to determine the impact of paramedic services on community cardiac mortality. A portion of the study area received paramedic services and the remainder received basic emergency medical technician (EMT) services. A surveillance system identified all prehospital cardiac arrest incidents. The etiology and outcome were determined. Deaths due to primary heart disease (ICDA) codes 410-414) were compared to community cardiac mortality figures for the same period of time and in the paramedic and EMT areas. Between April 1, 1976 and August 31, 1977, 1,449 deaths due to primary heart disease occurred (annual rate of 19.2/10,000 in the EMT area and 13.4/10,000 in the paramedic area). For the same period, 487 patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest received emergency resuscitation. The annual incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest was similar in the EMT and paramedic areas (5.6 and 6.0/10,000 respectively). Proportionately more lives of persons with cardiac arrest were saved in the paramedic area than in the MET area. During this 17 month period, the reduction in community cardiac mortality was 8.4 per cent in the paramedic area and 1.3 per cent in the EMT area. These findings suggest that paramedic services have a small but measurable effect on community cardiac mortality
Advanced cardiac life support · Asystole · Cardiac resuscitation · Cardiopulmonary resuscitation · Community hospital · Incidence (geometry) · Medical emergency · Resuscitation · Technician · Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation · Emergency and Acute Care Studies · Emergency Medical Services · Emergency Medicine · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Nursing · Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
Testing a Model That Evaluates Options for Rural Emergency Medical Service Development
An Analytic Method for the Evaluation of Rural Emergency Medical Service Development
The Costs of a Suburban Paramedic Program in Reducing Deaths Due to Cardiac Arrest
The Potential Use of Automatic Defibrillators in the Home for Management of Cardiac Arrest
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Geographical patterns of cardiac arrests
Paramedic response time and survival from cardiac arrest
Pre-hospital coronary care
The Formation of the Emergency Medical Services System
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2006 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |