Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival in international airports

The highest achievable survival rate following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is unknown. Data from airports serving international destinations (international airports) provide the opportunity to evaluate the success of pre-hospital resuscitation in a relatively controlled but real-life environment.

Source: Resuscitation - March 14, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Siobh án Masterson, Bryan McNally, John Cullinan, Kimberly Vellano, Joséphine Escutnaire, David Fitzpatrick, Gavin D. Perkins, Rudolph W. Koster, Yuko Nakajima, Katherine Pemberton, Martin Quinn, Karen Smith, Bergþór Steinn Jónsson, Anneli Strömsöe Tags: Clinical paper Source Type: research