Incidence, treatment, and factors associated with survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest attended by Spanish emergency services: report from the Out-of-Hospital Spanish Cardiac Arrest Registry for 2022

Emergencias. 2024 Apr;36(2):131-139. doi: 10.55633/s3me/014.2024.
[Article in Spanish, English]

Abstract
in English, Spanish

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a serious public health problem worldwide. The annual incidence is estimated at around 400 000 cases in Europe and the United States, and survival rates scarcely reach 10%. However, there is considerable variation between countries and even between regions that share a similar health care system within a single country. Information recorded by the Out-of-Hospital Spanish Cardiac Arrest Registry (OHSCAR) provides information on care provided by emergency ambulance services, final health outcomes after cardiac arrest cases (including variations), the possibility of organ donation, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper presents the OHSCAR report for Spanish emergency services for the year 2022.

La parada cardiorrespiratoria extrahospitalaria (PCREH) es un grave problema de salud pública mundial, con una incidencia anual estimada entorno a entorno a los 350.000 y 400.000 casos de PCERH en Europa y Estados Unidos, respectivamente. La supervivencia final se sitúa en porcentajes que apenas alcanzan el 10%, aunque existe una importante variabilidad entre países e incluso entre regiones del mismo país con modelos de atención similares. En España, el Registro Español de Parada Cardiaca Extrahospitalaria (acrónimo OHSCAR) ha ofrecido información sobre la asistencia a la PCRE prestada por los servicios de emergencias (SEM) y sus resultados finales en salud, así como sobre variabilidad, posibilidades de programas de donación o impacto de la pandemia COVID-19. A continuación se presenta el informe OHSCAR correspondiente a la asistencia a la PCRE por los SEM españoles durante el año 2022.

Keywords: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.; Variabilidad servicios de emergencias.; Emergency health service variability.; Parada cardiaca extrahospitalaria.; Supervivencia.; Survival..

MeSH terms

  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation*
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest* / epidemiology
  • Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest* / therapy
  • Pandemics
  • Registries
  • United States