Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes After Ventricular Fibrillation
Nineteen percent of patients survived out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the Polk County hospital system. This is significantly higher than the national average. This likely reflects the emphasis on high-quality CPR and active on-scene management, as no individual variable was statistically significant.
Authors
- Paul Banerjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8971-3362)
- Nofel Iftikhar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9747-2412)
- Shiva Sajja
- Latha Ganti
- Anjali K Banerjee
Institutions
- University of Central Florida (US)
- University of Georgia (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- Lakeland Regional Medical Center (US)
- Central Florida Neurosurgery Institute (US)
- Walker (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2024-09-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.69291
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.69