Open AccessA prospective study to determine the circumstances, incidence and outcome of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a referral hospital in India, in relation to various factors
Author(s) -
Meera Joshi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.149446
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , return of spontaneous circulation , incidence (geometry) , referral , emergency medicine , resuscitation , etiology , prospective cohort study , hospital discharge , tertiary referral hospital , psychological intervention , intensive care medicine , basic life support , retrospective cohort study , family medicine , psychiatry , physics , optics
Cardiac arrest has multifactorial aetiology and the outcome depends on timely and correct interventions. We decided to investigate the circumstances, incidence and outcome of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at a tertiary hospital in India, in relation to various factors, including extensive basic life support and advanced cardiac life support training programme for all nurses and doctors.