Association Between Delay to First Shock and Successful First-Shock Ventricular Fibrillation Termination in Patients With Witnessed Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Every minute of delay to first shock was associated with a significantly lower proportion of VF termination and return of organized rhythm. This may explain the worse outcomes in patients with a long delay to defibrillation. Reducing the time interval from emergency call to first shock to ≤6 minutes could be considered a key performance indicator of the chain of survival.
Authors
- Remy Stieglis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4825-4475)
- Christian van der Werf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8703-8527)
- Bas J Verkaik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8737-0716)
- Hans van Schuppen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3870-4412)
- Rudolph W. Koster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7819-4330)
- Hanno L. Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7905-5818)
Institutions
- Heart Rhythm Society (US)
- Netherlands Heart Institute (NL)
- Amsterdam Neuroscience (NL)
- Public Health Service of Amsterdam (NL)
- Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Circulation
- Published
- 2024-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.124.069834
- Citations
- 38
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 26.25
Funders
- Stryker
- European Commission