Out of hospital cardiac arrests—the experience of one hospital in Singapore

• Published in: Resuscitation Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 123 - 127
• Main Authors: Lim, Hoon Chin, Tham, Kum Ying
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.11.2001; Elsevier
• Subjects: Acute coronary syndrome; Aged; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiac arrest; Defibrillation; Emergency and intensive cardiocirculatory care. Cardiogenic shock. Coronary intensive care; Emergency Medical Services; Female; Heart Arrest - mortality; Heart Arrest - therapy; Hospitals, Urban; Humans; Intensive care medicine; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction - complications; Myocardial Infarction - mortality; Singapore - epidemiology; Survival Rate; Tropical medicine; Ventricular fibrillation; Asia; Singapore; Acute coronary syndrome; Defibrillation; Cardiac arrest; Ventricular fibrillation; Human; Intensive cardiocirculatory care; Cardiocirculatory arrest; Prognosis; Arrhythmia; Acute; Instrumentation therapy; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Excitability disorder; Out of hospital

In Singapore, all public emergency ambulances are equipped with semi-automatic external defibrillators and the crew is trained in their use. This is the first paper from Singapore reporting the survival rate in patients presenting to an urban public hospital with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who de...