Table 2 Characteristics of documented cardiac arrests
From: Long term effect of a medical emergency team on cardiac arrests in a teaching hospital
Pre-METa | Education phasea | Post-METa | |
|---|---|---|---|
Cardiac arrests | 66 | 51 | 162 |
Male | 41 | 44 | 104 |
Age (years) | 73.4 | 70.5 | 70.8 |
Parent unit | |||
General medicine | 19 (4) | 11 (1) | 45 (3) |
Respiratory | 6 (1) | 5 (1) | 13 (3) |
Cardiology | 1 (0) | 5 (2) | 19 (8) |
Nephrology | 8 (3) | 3 (0) | 16 (2) |
Gastroenterology | 3 (0) | 1 (0) | 2 (0) |
Neurology | 0 | 4 (0) | 7 (1) |
Hematolgy/Oncology | 2 (0) | 7 (0) | 14 (0) |
General surgery | 5 (0) | 7 (2) | 9 (1) |
Vascular surgery | 8 (2) | 1 (0) | 2 (0) |
Neurosurgery | 3 (0) | 1 (0) | 7 (3) |
Thoracic surgery | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 4 (0) |
Cardiac surgery | 5 (3) | 3 (2) | 9 (3) |
Orthopedic surgery | 2 (1) | 1 (0) | 8 (0) |
Spinal surgery | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 (2) |
Liver transplantation | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) |
Otherb | 0 | 1 (0) | 2 (0) |
Survivors (% total) | 16 (24.2) | 9 (17.6) | 26 (16.0) |
Home | 10 | 5 | 20 |
Rehab | 5 | 3 | 6 |
Nursing home | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Died | 50 | 42 | 136 |
Died arrest | 33 | 27 | 110 |
Died <24 h | 10 | 5 | 9 |
Died >24 h | 7 | 10 | 17 |
Primary rhythm | |||
VF | 8 (3) | 10 (1) | 20 (9) |
VT | 4 (2) | 6 (3) | 15 (6) |
Asystole | 30 (1) | 18 (2) | 74 (6) |
PEA | 15 (4) | 13 (2) | 42 (3) |
SVT | 2 (2) | 0 | 3 (1) |
Other | 7 (4) | 4 (1) | 8 (1) |