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Outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the Wellington region of New Zealand
Outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the Wellington region of New Zealand
14 October 2011
Andrew H. Swain, Tasmin Barry, Sarah R. Hoyle, Grant Haywood, Hayley Cameron & Peter D. Larsen. New Zealand Medical Journal 2011; 124: 81-90.
Survival from community cardiac arrest in the Wellington region was analysed and compared with similar data reported nationally and internationally. In particular, the impact of a dual fire and ambulance service response to cardiac arrest was studied.
Summary
Survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Wellington is similar to that of other New Zealand cities and better than that reported from several large centres overseas. The combined fire and ambulance response was not shown to have any beneficial impact on survival over and above that achieved by the ambulance service alone.
System changes were proposed to try and improve the combined fire and ambulance response in Wellington.