Objective
We aimed to compare the 72-hour survival of the endotracheal intubation (ETI) with video laryngoscope (VL), ETI with direct laryngoscope (DL), and supraglottic airway (SGA) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients in Korea.
Methods
This study included adult OHCA patients who received advanced airway management by designated response teams for severe disease, using a nationwide OHCA registry in South Korea from July 2019 to December 2021. The primary outcome was 72-hour survival, and secondary outcomes were survival to hospital discharge and good neurological recovery. Multivariable logistic regression was used, adjusted for confounders, to compare the outcomes among the three airway management methods.
Results
Among 77,629 OHCA cases, 10,857 were included. SGA was attempted in 9,379 cases, ETI with DL in 493 cases, and ETI with VL in 985 cases. The rates of any prehospital ROSC and 72-hour survival were 13.3% and 11.0% for SGA, 16.0% and 11.4% for ETI with DL, and 18.2% and 11.9% for ETI with VL. Compared to SGA, ETI with VL was significantly associated with 72-hour survival: adjusted odds ratio (OR) [95% confidence interval (CI)] 1.34 (1.06-1.70) for ETI with VL and 1.13 (0.81-1.56) for ETI with DL). There was no significant association between the type of AAM and survival to discharge or good neurological recovery.
Conclusion
In an emergency medical service system staffed by advanced emergency medical technician-level providers, ETI with VL might be associated with improved 72-hour survival compared to SGA. However, this short-term benefit did not extend to survival to hospital discharge.
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Methods A retrospective observational study based on the nationwide OHCA database from January 2013 to December 2017 was designed. Emergency medical service (EMS)-treated OHCA patients aged ≥18 years were included. TTI was categorized into four groups of quartiles (≤4, 5–7, 8–11, ≥12 minutes). The primary outcome was favorable neurologic outcome at discharge. The secondary outcome was survival to discharge from the hospital. Multivariable logistic regression was used to analyze outcomes according to TTI. A different effect of TTI according to the administration of prehospital EMS advanced airway was evaluated.
Results In total, 83,470 patients were analyzed. Good neurologic recovery decreased as TTI increased (1.0% for TTI ≤4 minutes, 0.9% for TTI 5–7 minutes, 0.6% for TTI 8–11 minutes, and 0.5% for TTI ≥12 minutes; P for trend <0.05). The adjusted odds ratio of prolonged TTI (≥12 minutes) was 0.73 (95% confidence interval, 0.57–0.93; P<0.01) for good neurologic recovery. However, the negative effect of prolonged TTI on neurological outcome was insignificant when advanced airway or entotracheal intubation were performed by EMS providers (adjusted odds ratio, 1.17; 95% confidence interval, 0.42–3.29; P=0.76).
Conclusion EMS TTI was negatively associated with the neurologic outcome of OHCA without ROSC on scene. When advanced airway was performed on scene, TTI was insignificantly associated with the outcome.
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Objective The aim of this study was to elucidate the epidemiology of pediatric patients transported by the National 119 Rescue Services in Korea.
Methods We enrolled all pediatric patients (<16 years old) who used the National 119 Rescue Services in Korea between January 2006 and December 2008, and analyzed the 119 ambulance patient care record databases.
Results The total number of the cases was 238,644 for 3 years. The median age was 6 years old and 59.0% were male, and the 2- to 5-year-old group was the largest (31.0%). The peak transport times were in the afternoon (from 12:00 p.m. to 17:59 p.m., 36.3%), on Saturday and Sunday (15.9% and 15.7%), and in summer (June to August, 27.3%). The ratio of disease versus injury as the cause of the transports was 42.3% vs. 57.7%. Among the 16 metropolitan cities and provinces, Gyeonggi (25.7%), Seoul (17.6%), and Incheon (7.0%) account for almost half of the all transported children. Regarding the annual transport rates per 100,000 children standardized by age, and gender to the Korean child population, Jeju was the largest (1,650.2) followed by Gangwon (1,201.3), and Jeonnam (1,178.1).
Conclusion This report presents comprehensive epidemiologic data of pediatric patients transported by 119 rescue services in Korea.
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