Silesian Registry of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests

Silesian Registry of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests

Silesian Registry of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests (SIL-OHCA) which is an initiative of the Voivodeship Rescue Service in Katowice in cooperation with the Silesian Center for Heart Diseases in Zabrze is a prospective, population-based registry of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA). The main aim of the SIL-OHCA is to asses the frequency of OHCA in the population of Upper Silesia and analyze prognostic factors for long-term survival in patients with OHCA.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treated by emergency medical services of Voivodeship Rescue Service in Katowice.

Exclusion Criteria:

• none