Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Impact of language barrier during emergency call on out of hospital cardiac arrest treatment and outcomes
Authors' conclusion
Language barrier challenged early CPR and defibrillation but was not associated with differential EMS or hospital care
Study context
- Population
- Adult Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) in King County, Washington, 2014–2023eligible OHCA
- Participants
- 6,146 participants
- Exposure
- Language barrier vs no language barrier during the 9-1-1 call
- Language barriern = 204
- Outcome
- Links in the chain of survival and clinical outcomes
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Time to OHCA recognition
P < 0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Time to assisted bystander CPR
P < 0.001
Bystander CPR
P < 0.001
Early AED application
P < 0.001
Field intubation
Epinephrine administration
Post-OHCA coronary angiogram
TTM
Hospital admission
Survival to discharge
- Field intubation: p > 0.19 for all EMS and hospital care measures
- Epinephrine administration: p > 0.19 for all EMS and hospital care measures
- Post-OHCA coronary angiogram: p > 0.19 for all EMS and hospital care measures
- TTM: p > 0.19 for all EMS and hospital care measures
- Hospital admission: p > 0.1 for all outcomes
- Survival to discharge: p > 0.1 for all outcomes
Original publication
Impact of language barrier during emergency call on out of hospital cardiac arrest treatment and outcomes. Resuscitation. Published 11 June 2025. doi:10.
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