Background/aims Rurality poses a unique challenge to the management of out-of-hospital
cardiac arrest (OHCA) when compared to metropolitan (metro) locations. We conducted a …

The early initiation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) measures by non-professionals
before the arrival of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) is known to be crucial for improving …

Background Pre-hospital and emergency services in Indonesia are still developing. Despite
recent improvements in the Indonesian healthcare system, issues with the provision of pre …

Ambulance response time is a prognostic factor for out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA),
but the impact of ambulance response time under different situations remains unclear. We …

Objective This study aimed to explore significant pre-hospital factors affecting the
survivability of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) patients in countries with developing …

Background Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), a global health problem with a survival
rate ranging from 2 to 22% across different countries, has been a leading cause of …

The prognosis of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is very poor. Although several pre-
hospital factors are associated with survival, the different association of pre-hospital factors …

High-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a key element in out-of-hospital cardiac
arrest (OHCA) resuscitation. Mechanical CPR devices have been developed to provide …

Aim To present the evolution of data collection and analysis methods of out-of-hospital
cardiac arrest (OHCA) research in Kaunas city, Lithuania, and discuss the challenges …

The objective of this study was to identify the key elements used by prehospital emergency
physicians (EP) to decide whether or not to attempt advanced life support (ALS) in asystolic …