Early in-hospital management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Scotland: a national survey

Richard M Lyon, John Shepherd, Gareth R Clegg

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Guidelines recommend the use of mild therapeutic hypothermia (MTH) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the early post-resuscitation management of select out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) cases. This study aims to assess the current use of MTH and PCI in Scottish Emergency Departments (ED) and Intensive Care Units (ICU). We conducted a questionnaire survey of all the Scottish Emergency Medicine Consultants, EDs and ICUs. MTH was more commonly initiated in ICU than in the ED (19; 91 vs. 7; 37%, P
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)102-4
Number of pages3
JournalEuropean journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine
Volume18
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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