Cardiac arrest in the Australian Alps: A 20-year analysis
Alpine OHCA is very rare in Australia, accounting for 1 in 5000 OHCAs and fewer than 1 in a million ski field visitors. Despite remoteness and access challenges, alpine OHCA survival is high, driven by prognostically favorable arrest-related factors and coordinated local systems of care prioritizing early bystander intervention.
Authors
- Ziad Nehme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2432-1645)
- Emily Nehme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1579-9279)
- André La Gerche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3906-3784)
- Elizabeth Davida Paratz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2122-9889)
- Bruce Wilkie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7376-5931)
- Adam Trytell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2353-4844)
- David J. Anderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5575-9167)
- Dion Stub (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8686-2709)
- L. Fahy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5485-4621)
- S. Rowe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7618-3040)
- Andreas Pflaumer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3830-3643)
- Ashanti Dantanarayana
- Kelila Freedman
- Daniel Coakley
Institutions
- Royal Children's Hospital (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (AU)
- Ambulance Victoria (AU)
- St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (AU)
- Eastern Health (AU)
- Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (AU)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- Alfred Health (AU)
- St Vincents Institute of Medical Research (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Heart Rhythm O2
- Published
- 2025-03-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hroo.2025.03.004
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00