ArticleOpen access emergency medicine : OAEM2020
The Effects of Ambulance Response Time on Survival Following Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.
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- Urban-rural disparities in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes: a nationwide Hungarian study.Resuscitation plus · 2025Article
- Assessment of ambulance interventions; proposal of a performance measurement framework for healthcare improvement in EMS response to patient collapse.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Effects of Emergency Medical Service Response Time on Survival Rate of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients: a 5-Year Retrospective Study.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Challenges and opportunities to improve efficiency and quality of prehospital emergency care using an mHealth platform: Qualitative study in Rwanda.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatients who suffer cardiac arrest outside medical facilities are at greater risk of death and adverse medical outcomes. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation affects the survival rates of such patients, which suggests that response time may be vital to patient outcomes.
objectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate the role of response time, whether more or less than 8 minutes, on the survival of patients who have suffered out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
methodsData were collected from emergency cases handled by a secondary hospital in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, between January 2017 and October 2019. There were 108 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases, 85 of which resulted in death.
resultsBivariate analysis showed no significant association between response time and patient outcomes; however, the odds of having a negative outcome (death) if the response time is more than 8 minutes is double the odds of dying if the response time is less than 8 minutes.
conclusionAmbulance response time to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest does not significantly influence the patient survival rate in the current study hospital. Other variables may have a more significant effect.
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