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Conference/Presentation Title: Using a cardiac arrest registry to measure the quality of emergency medical service care: A decade of findings from the Victorian ambulance cardiac arrest registry.
Authors: Bray J.;Lijovic M.;Smith K.;Meredith I. ;Nehme Z.;Bernard S.;Cameron P.
Institution: (Nehme, Bernard, Lijovic, Smith) Department of Research and Evaluation, Ambulance Victoria, Blackburn North, VIC, Australia (Nehme, Bernard, Cameron, Bray, Smith) Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Prahran, VIC, Australia (Bernard) Intensive Care Unit, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, VIC, Australia (Meredith) Monash Heart, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, VIC, Australia (Smith) Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
Presentation/Conference Date: 7-Sep-2015
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
Publication information: EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia. Conference: 31st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. Melbourne, VIC Australia. Conference Publication: (var.pagings). 27 (SUPPL. 1) (pp 18-19), 2015. Date of Publication: June 2015.
Abstract: Background: While the value of clinical registries has been well recognised in developed countries, their use for measuring the quality of emergency medical service (EMS) care remains relatively unknown. Objective(s): We report the methodology and findings of a statewide EMS surveillance initiative, which is used to measure the quality of systems of care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients. Method(s): Between 1 July 2002 and 30 June 2012, data for adult OHCA cases of presumed cardiac etiology occurring in the Australian south-eastern state of Victoria were extracted from the Victorian Ambulance Cardiac Arrest Registry (VACAR). Regional and temporal trends in bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), event survival and survival to hospital discharge were analysed using logistic regression and multilevel modelling. Result(s): A total of 32,097 OHCA cases were identified, of whom 14,083 (43.9%) received treatment by EMS. The risk-adjusted odds of receiving bystander CPR (OR 2.96, 95% CI: 2.62-3.33), event survival (OR 1.55, 95% CI: 1.30-1.85), and survival to hospital discharge (OR 2.81, 95% CI: 2.07-3.82) were significantly improved by 2011/12 compared to baseline. Significant variation in rates of bystander CPR and survival were observed across regions, with arrests in rural regions less likely to survive to hospital discharge. The median odds ratio (MOR) for inter-hospital variability in survival to hospital discharge outcome was 70% (MOR 1.70). Conclusion(s): Between 2002 and 2012, there have been significant improvements in bystander CPR and survival outcome for OHCA patients in Victoria, Australia. However, regional survival disparities and inter-hospital variability in outcomes pose significant challenges for future improvements in care.
Conference Start Date: 2014-12-07
Conference End Date: 2014-12-11
DOI: http://monash.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/17426723.12415
ISSN: 1742-6731
URI: https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/41402
Type: Conference Abstract
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