Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Emergency response with lights and sirens to patients with a suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and a do-not-attempt-resuscitation order in the hospital record: a one-year observational study
Authors' conclusion
In almost every sixth dispatch to suspected OHCA, the patient had a physician-issued DNAR-order in the hospital record.
Study context
- Population
- All emergency dispatches to suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) in 2024 in the Region of Southern Denmark
- Participants
- 1,695 dispatches
- Exposure
- Do-not-attempt-resuscitation (DNAR) vs Without DNAR
- DNARn = 266
- Outcome
- Frequency of dispatch with lights and sirens to suspected OHCA despite a physician-issued DNAR order in the hospital record
Methodological detailsone-year, regional
- One-year
- Regional
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Dispatches with a physician-issued DNAR order in the hospital record
DNAR
15.7%
266
- DNAR registered as requested by the patient
- 126 (47.4%)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
One-day mortality
P < 0.001
Number of units dispatched and arriving at the scene
- No significant difference
Original publication
Emergency response with lights and sirens to patients with a suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and a do-not-attempt-resuscitation order in the hospital record: a one-year observational study. Resuscitation. Published 27 July 2026. doi:10.
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