Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Differential diagnosis: ultrasound, blood gas analyse combined with examination of the patient and environment is used during Out Of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) to screen possible underlying cause of cardiac arrest. Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) in Helsinki has unraveled a protocol for performing differential diagnosis during OHCA. Our study aim is to test the feasibility of this protocol. Our study is a prospective medical record based study. The anesthesiologist operating in the HEMS unit fills a form after encounter of OHCA. Questioners focus on how long did execution of the protocol take, and the cause if the protocol was not completed.
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Successful execution of differential diagnosis protocol | Successful and all-inclusive execution of the following items during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: ultrasound examination, arterial blood gas analyze, clinical examination, obtaining structured history from next of kin and searching of the environment. | 60 minutes |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Rate of cause-specific treatment during resuscitation | Any therapy given as a treatment of presumed reversible cause of a cardiac arrest (excluding chest-compressions, ventilation, airway management, oxygen, epinephrine, amiodarone and defibrillation) | 60 minutes |
| Time needed to complete the differential diagnostics protocol |
Not provided
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients encountered by the helicopter emergency medical services.
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jouni Nurmi, MD, PhD | Contact | +358505951576 | jouni.nurmi@hus.fi |
Not provided
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FinnHEMS 10 | Recruiting | Vantaa | 01530 | Finland |
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D058687 | Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D006323 | Heart Arrest |
| D006331 | Heart Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Not provided
Delay from patient encountered by the prehospital critical care physician to the all diagnostics performed (during cardiopulmonary resuscitation) |
| 60 minutes |