Table 1 Patient characteristics, circumstances, and treatment of patients with cardiac arrest after trauma based on the German Resuscitation Registry
AGRRHospital admission with ROSC | B Died at the scene or with ongoing CPR | C Hospital admission; cardiac causes | |
|---|---|---|---|
Patients (n) | 95 | 273 | 3673 |
Age (mean ± SD) | 52.7 ± 22.8 | 50.7 ± 22.2 | 67.0 ± 15.1 |
Aged over 60 years | 44.9% | 38.1% | 72.4% |
Age cohorts | |||
1-20 years | 12.4% | 10.0% | 1.3% |
21-40 years | 16.9% | 24.5% | 3.4% |
41-60 years | 25.8% | 29.0% | 24.4% |
61-80 years | 36.0% | 29.0% | 54.2% |
> 80 years | 9.0% | 7.4% | 16.6% |
Male gender | 66.0% | 74.8% | 68.8% |
Scene of cardiac arrest | |||
Home | 27.4% | 21.0% | 58.6% |
Nursing home | 2.1% | 2.2% | 2.9% |
Workplace | 3.2% | 4.9% | 2.6% |
Street | 32.6% | 46.1% | 9.9% |
Public place | 16.8% | 15.0% | 12.7% |
Medical institution | 1.1% | 1.9% | 5.1% |
Public event | 1.5% | 0.6% | |
Other | 14.7% | 7.5% | 7.7% |
ECG findings | |||
Ventricular fibrillation | 16.3% | 4.4% | 52.0% |
PEA | 13.8% | 20.6% | 10.0% |
Asystole | 57.5% | 66.7% | 28.4% |
Other | 12.6% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Cardiac arrest witnessed | |||
No | 33.7% | 45.1% | 25.4% |
By lay people | 50.5% | 46.9% | 59.3% |
By EMS | 15.8% | 8.1% | 15.3% |
Bystander CPR | 16.0% | 13.2% | 21.6% |
Use of defibrillator | 31.6% | 26.4% | 70.1% |
Fluid resuscitation (mL; mean ± SD) | |||
Total volume | 1194 ± 1020 | 890 ± 1092 | 577 ± -423 |
Crystalloids | 837 ± 712 | 585 ± 628 | 549 ± 395 |
Colloids | 319 ± 486 | 300 ± 562 | 25.8 ± 117 |
Hyperoncotic solutions | 46.9 ± 111 | 48.6 ± 107 | 11.4 ± 50.2 |
Time intervals (min; mean ± SD) | |||
Time from call to EMS arrival | 9.0 ± 6.4 | 8.3 ± 5.0 | 7.8 ± 5.3 |
Time from accident to hospital admission | 55.1 ± 15.5 | 65.1 ± 68.0 | 56.7 ± 21.9 |