20 May 25
Resuscitation in EMS
Survival from OHCA: Report of Resuscitation Outcome from Philippine EMS Registry
This research study in Phillipine tries to answer questions like impact of modifiable factors like bystander CPR, Public Access Defibrillation, Decreased EMS response and early ALS on surival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.
The study found that 76% of cases did not receive bystander CPR. It recommends to increase community educational efforts in increasing awarness in importance of CPR in pre-hospital care either by bystander of other means to improve survival chances.