Post-resuscitation Care Registry for Survival From Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest

Post-resuscitation Care Registry for Survival From Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest

The aim of this study is to construct multi-center post-cardiac arrest care registry that can be used for data warehousing and clinical research.

This registry prospectively enrolls adults patients survived out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in 3 academic hospital emergency departments.

Registered data can be used for quality control and clinical research to reduce post-cardiac arrest syndrome-related mortality.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients aged 20 years old or older who presents to the ED of the participating hospitals with any of the following criteria:

  1. Sustained ROSC from OHCA at pre-hospital level
  2. Sustained ROSC from OHCA at the ED of the participating hospitals after ACLS
  3. Patients sustained ROSC from OHCA and transferred from other hospital to the ED of the participating hospitals for post-cardiac arrest care

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age less than 20 years old
• Patients with advanced directives not to deliver aggressive organ supportive management