Does out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival differ by EMS agency type in the U.S.? Insights from the CARES registry
In the U.S., OHCAs attended by fire-based agencies were associated with modestly higher rates of survival to hospital admission compared to OHCAs attended by other EMS agency types. Several resuscitation practices differed by EMS agency type.
Authors
- Saket R. Girotra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4784-4513)
- Kevin Kennedy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8230-091X)
- Paul S. Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5185-3367)
- Janaki L. Nallamothu
Institutions
- Washtenaw Community College (US)
- Saint Luke's Hospital (US)
- University of Missouri–Kansas City (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Resuscitation Plus
- Published
- 2025-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2025.101198
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00