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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests Occurring in the Workplace.
Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on bystander CPR and AED rates in Canada.Resuscitation plus · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) occurring in this setting remains unclear. Objective The objective of this study is to elucidate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the prehospital characteristics and outcomes of OHCA occurring in the workplace. Methods This nationwide observational study in Japan was a retrospective analysis and included 16,364 non-emergency medical service witnessed and adult workplace OHCAs. The characteristics and outcomes of workplace OHCAs were compared between the pre-pandemic period (2016-2019) and the pandemic period (2020-2021). Furthermore, subgroup analyses were performed for workplace location (office vs. non-office) and infection burden region. Results During the pandemic period, no significant changes were observed in incidence, public access defibrillation (PAD) provision rates, one-month survival rates, or neurologically favorable survival rates. However, increases were observed for bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (crude odds rate (cOR), 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.10, 1.02-1.16; P<0.001), particularly compression-only CPR. The multivariable analysis revealed that the impact of the pandemic was similarly seen in an increase in bystander CPR (adjusted OR, 95% CI: 1.14, 1.06-1.22; P<0.001). Furthermore, the monthly changes in only PAD were altered biennially (PAD: P=0.02, bystander CPR: P=0.52, one-month survival: P=0.26, and neurologically favorable one-month survival: P=0.48). Analysis restricted to high-infection burden regions revealed that only the PAD rate decreased (P=0.03). Conclusion The COVID-19 pandemic had no impact on OHCA survival in workplaces and had a limited positive impact on bystander responses. This may be attributed to previous positive CPR training experiences and routine preparation for health crises.
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