Incidence of cardiac arrest during self-transport for chest pain

Annals of Emergency Medicine
L BeckerM Eisenberg

Abstract

To assess the incidence of cardiac arrest among patients who use self-transport to seek medical care for chest pain. This was a retrospective cohort study of patients admitted to a CCU for suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and patients experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest preceded by symptoms in King County, Washington, between January 1, 1992, and July 31, 1994. Participants were identified through use of the databases compiled by the Myocardial infarction Triage and intervention Trial, which reviewed medical records in all area hospitals, and the Cardiac Arrest Surveillance System, which tracks all incidences in which CPR is performed by EMS personnel in King County. Patients whose sudden cardiac arrests were not preceded by symptoms were excluded. Hospital records were abstracted to find the means of transport for patients admitted to CCUs. For cardiac arrest patients, the medical history, presence of symptoms, means of transport, and prehospital death information were abstracted from paramedic field reports. Outcome (admission, discharge, or in-hospital death) was obtained from hospital records. An event cause (cardiac or other) was determined from death certificates, hospital records, or consultation with ...Continue Reading

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