Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Portugal – A Call for a Registry Project
Despite limitations related to the retrospective design and lack of a national OHCA registry, bystander CPR in witnessed OHCA showed a significant positive impact on ROSC (p<0.001). Regional differences were observed, underscoring the need to implement ERC recommendations to increase bystander CPR rates nationwide.
Authors
- Luís Ladeira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8324-3806)
- Isabel Rabiais (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8342-1171)
- Pedro Caldeira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3523-5590)
- Paulo Alves
Institutions
- National Institute of Engineering, Technology and Innovation (PT)
- Universidade Católica Portuguesa (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Access Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/oaem.s557330
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00