Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Patient cohorts of interest in resuscitation science – Aligning cardiac arrest registry outputs with stakeholder needs
Authors' conclusion
It is essential to clearly define the cohort of interest when engaging with different stakeholders and to provide data that facilitates quality improvement projects in all areas of the chain of survival.
Study context
- Population
- Patients registered in the Norwegian Cardiac Arrest Registry (NorCAR) in 2022
- Outcome
- Cardiac arrest cohorts of interest by stakeholder
Methodological detailsnational registry, descriptive statistics
- National registry
- Descriptive statistics
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Treatment initiated by Emergency Medical Communication Centre (EMCC), patients
- 3591
- Treatment initiated by EMCC, per 100,000 inhabitants
- 67/100,000
- Emergency Medical Services (EMS)-attended confirmed cardiac arrest, patients
- 4150
- EMS-attended confirmed cardiac arrest, per 100,000 inhabitants
- 77/100,000
- EMS-started cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), patients
- 3083
- EMS-started CPR, per 100,000 inhabitants
- 57/100,000
- Eligible for In-Hospital Care Providers (IHCP): admitted to hospital alive or with ongoing CPR
- 1114
- Eligible for IHCP: IHCA cases
- 1230
- Eligible for rehabilitation and follow-up: alive 24 h after cardiac arrest
- 1227
- Alive at 24 h: OHCA
- 705
- Alive at 24 h: IHCA
- 522
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Patient cohorts of interest in resuscitation science – Aligning cardiac arrest registry outputs with stakeholder needs. Resuscitation. Published 21 January 2025. doi:10.
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