Search Tag: OHCA

2023 27 Aug

A recent trial involving all hospitals in London, U.K., reports no disparity in survival at 30 days in patients with resuscitated cardiac arrest who were transported by ambulance to a cardiac arrest centre or the nearest emergency department. These findings were presented during a Hot Line session at the ESC Congress 2023.   Sudden cardiac arrest...Read more

2021 29 Aug

Late-breaking research presented at a hot line session at ESC Congress 2021 shows that early coronary angiography in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients without ST-segment elevation is not superior to a delayed/selective approach.   The timing and usefulness of coronary angiography in OHCA survivors without ST-segment elevation are still...Read more

2021 22 Jun

Since 2005, the guidelines for the care of unconscious cardiac arrest patients have been to cool the body temperature down to 33 degrees Celsius. However, findings from a large, randomised clinical trial led by Lund University and Region Skåne in Sweden show that this treatment does not improve survival.    "These results will affect the current...Read more

2020 18 Sep

COVID-19 has a wide range of presentations including asymptomatic to various intensity of symptomatic patients, some of whom develop acute respiratory distress syndrome and require mechanical ventilation. COVID-19 first hit in December 2019 in China. Outside of China, Northern Italy was also sufficiently impacted by it, leading to a high number of...Read more

2020 25 Jun

New York City saw a three-fold increase in the number of cardiac arrests from March to April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic than during the same period in 2019.  The purpose of this study was to understand the characteristics and outcomes of people who experienced out-of-hospital cardiac arrests during the pandemic in New York City and whether...Read more