Telephone Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is Independently Associated with Improved Survival and Improved Functional Outcome after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

TitleTelephone Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is Independently Associated with Improved Survival and Improved Functional Outcome after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsWu Z, Panczyk M, Spaite DW, Hu C, Fukushima H, Langlais B, Sutter J, Bobrow BJ
JournalResuscitation
Date Published2017 Jul 25
ISSN Number1873-1570
Abstract

<p><b>AIM OF STUDY: </b>This study aims to quantify the relative impact of Dispatcher-Initiated Telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation (TCPR) on survival and survival with favorable functional outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in a population of patients served by multiple emergency dispatch centers and more than 130 emergency medical services (EMS) agencies.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>We conducted a prospective, observational study of EMS-treated adult (≥18 years) patients with OHCA of presumed cardiac origin in Arizona, between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2014. We compared survival and functional outcome among three distinct groups of OHCA patients: those who received no CPR before EMS arrival (no CPR group); those who received BCPR before EMS arrival and prior to or without telephone CPR instructions (BCPR group); and those who received TCPR (TCPR group).</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>In this study, 2310 of 4391 patients met the study criteria (median age, 62 years; IQR 50, 74; 1540 male). 32.8% received no CPR, 23.8% received BCPR and 43.4% received TCPR. Overall survival was 11.5%. Using no CPR as the reference group, the multivariate adjusted odds ratio for survival at hospital discharge was 1.51 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.04, 2.18) for BCPR and 1.64 (95% CI, 1.16, 2.30) for TCPR. The multivariate adjusted odds ratio of favorable functional outcome at discharge was 1.58 (95% CI 1.05, 2.39) for BCPR and 1.56 (95% CI, 1.06, 2.31) for TCPR.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>TCPR is independently associated with improved survival and improved functional outcome after OHCA.</p>

DOI10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.07.016
Alternate JournalResuscitation
PubMed ID28754526
Faculty Reference: 
Daniel W. Spaite, MD
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