4 - Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in children: an analysis of medical rescue actions performed by the emergency medical teams of the Voivodeship Rescue Service in Katowice in the years 2014-2015

Introduction: The SARS-CoV-2 virus was recognized in December 2019 in China. From that moment it has quickly spread around the whole world. It causes COVID-19 disease manifested by breathlessness, coughing and high temperature. The COVID-19 pandemic has become a great challenge for humanity. The aim: To analyze interventions of emergency medical teams during the SAR-CoV-2 pandemic, and to compare obtained data with the same periods in 2018-2019. Material and methods: The study retrospectively analyzed interventions of emergency medical teams in the period from 15.03 to 15.05 in 2018 - 2020. 1,479,530 interventions of emergency medical teams were included in the study. The number of interventions, reasons for calls, and diagnoses made by heads of the emergency medical teams during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic were compared to the same period in 2018-2019. Results: Authors observed the decline in the number of interventions performed by emergency medical teams during the pandemic in relation to earlier years by approximately 25%. The big decline concerned interventions that were the reason for calls to public places, such as “traffic accident” and “collapse”. In the case of diagnoses made by the head of the emergency medical team, the diagnoses regarding stroke or sudden cardiac arrest remained at the similar level. Others showed a marked decline. Conclusions: Reduced social activity contributed to a reduced number of interventions by emergency medical teams in public places. The societal fear of the unknown also contributed to the decrease in the number of interventions performed by emergency medical teams. People began to avoid contact with other people.

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The influence of emergency medical procedures and event circumstances on the acute effectiveness of resuscitation in out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest in adults

Postępy Nauk Medycznych ◽

10.25121/pnm.2018.31.6.308 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (06) ◽

Author(s):

Klaudiusz Nadolny ◽

Jerzy Robert Ladny ◽

Daniel Slezak

Keyword(s):

Cardiac Arrest ◽

Sudden Cardiac Arrest ◽

Medical Procedures ◽

Emergency Medical

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The emergency medical service has a crucial role to unravel the genetics of sudden cardiac arrest in young, out of hospital resuscitated patients

Resuscitation ◽

10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.07.042 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jens Tiesmeier ◽

Anna Gärtner ◽

Sören Homm ◽

Thomas Jakob ◽

Caroline Stanasiuk ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cardiac Arrest ◽

Emergency Medical Service ◽

Crucial Role ◽

Medical Service ◽

Sudden Cardiac Arrest ◽

Emergency Medical ◽

Resuscitated Patients

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Analysis of the procedures implemented by emergency medical teams in the event of cardiac arrest in Lublin

Resuscitation ◽

10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.08.098 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 84 ◽

pp. S34-S37

Author(s):

Ewa Chemperek ◽

Katarzyna Zielonka ◽

Grzegorz Nowicki ◽

Patryk Rzonca ◽

Jakub Pelczar ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cardiac Arrest ◽

Emergency Medical ◽

Medical Teams

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Out-of-Hospital Resuscitation: Have We Gone Too Far?

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine ◽

10.1017/s1049023x00004180 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 21 (6) ◽

pp. 445-450 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Corita Grudzen

Keyword(s):

Cardiac Arrest ◽

Prehospital Care ◽

Sudden Cardiac Arrest ◽

Hospital Setting ◽

The United States ◽

Spontaneous Circulation ◽

Emergency Medical ◽

Clinical Scenarios ◽

Life Sustaining Treatment ◽

Future Policy

AbstractAmericans are living longer and are more likely to be chronically or terminally ill at the time of death. Although surveys indicate that most people prefer to die at home, the majority of people in the United States die in acute care hospitals. Each year, approximately 400,000 persons suffer sudden cardiac arrest in the US, the majority occurring in the out-of-hospital setting. Mortality rates are high and reach almost 100% when prehospital care has failed to restore spontaneous circulation. Nonetheless, patients who receive little benefit or may wish to forgo life-sustaining treatment often are resuscitated. Risk versus harm of resuscitation efforts can be differentiated by various factors, including cardiac rhythm. Emergency medical services policy regarding resuscitation should consider its utility in various clinical scenarios. Patients, family members, emergency medical providers, and physicians all are important stakeholders to consider in decisions about out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Ideally, future policy will place greater emphasis on patient preferences and quality of life by including all of these viewpoints.

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ASSESSMENT OF INTERVENTIONS COMPLETED BY THE VOIVODESHIP RESCUE SERVICE IN KATOWICE IN THE SILESIAN VOIVODESHIP IN 2018 DUE TO INJURIES

Emergency Medical Service ◽

10.36740/emems202101103 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 18-22

Author(s):

Magdalena Wierzbik-Strońska ◽

Klaudiusz Nadolny ◽

Jerzy Robert Ładny ◽

Beniamin Oskar Grabarek ◽

Łukasz Pach ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Head Injuries ◽

Organizational Changes ◽

Rescue Service ◽

Emergency Medical ◽

Emergency Ambulance ◽

Icd 10 ◽

Sprain And Strain ◽

Cranial Nerve Injuries ◽

Medical Teams ◽

Post Hoc

Aim: To assess the trips made by Emergency Medical Teams due to injuries (ICD-10 code: S) completed by Voivodeship Medical Rescue Teams in Katowice in 2018. Material and methods: Analysis of the characteristics of the trips was done based on information contained on “Emergency ambulance travel cards”. Statistical analysis was carried out using the t-Student, ANOVA variance as well as the Tukey post-hoc tests (p<0.05). Results: The whole number of trips made by the Emergency Medical Teams in the Silesian Voivodeship totalled 211,896, of which due to the reported injury, the total number of trips was 202,946 cases (183,827 calls were in town – 91%; 19,119 calls were out of town – 9%; p<0.05). The most common cause for calls were due to head injuries (S03 – dislocation, sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of the head as well as S04 – cranial nerve injuries). Statistically significant differences in the number of trips depending on cause identification (p<0.05) were determined, as well as in comparison to the number of cases identified as S03 and S04 between the in town and out of town territory (p<0.05). The median arrival time to an in town site was 7 minutes and 42 second, whereas in out of town sites it was 13 minutes and 19 seconds. Conclusion: The characteristics of the trips made by Emergency Medical Teams depends on the time, and what is affected by organizational changes in the emergency medical system.

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