Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in a Physician-Staffed EMS System: A 13-Year Retrospective Descriptive Study from Southern Italy
Pediatric OHCA in this Italian physician-staffed EMS was infrequent, usually presented with asystole, and rarely achieved ROSC. Shockable rhythms were associated with better outcomes. Given the small sample size, findings related to response times should be interpreted with caution. System preparedness should include pediatric-specific training, early defibrillation access, and multicenter registries to improve care and track outcomes.
Authors
- Pasquale Sansone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0873-3586)
- Luca Gregorio Giaccari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2367-4468)
- Luciana Mascia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3286-0588)
- Maria Caterina Pace (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9352-4780)
- Daniele Antonaci
- Gaetano Tammaro
- Nicola D’Angelo
- Eva Epifani
- Vincenzo Pota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-3388)
Institutions
- University of Salento (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Lecce (IT)
- Ospedale Veris Delli Ponti Scorrano (IT)
- University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (IT)
- Ospedale Vito Fazzi (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
- Published
- 2026-04-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd13040170
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00