Dispatch codes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest should be diagnosis related rather than symptom related.

• To describe the characteristics and outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in relation to (i) whether OHCA was coded by the dispatcher as a diagnosis or as a symptom and (ii) the delay until the first unit was alerted at the dispatch centre.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Kardiologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation, hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Aged

Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Confidence Intervals

Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems

organization & administration

Emergency Medical Services

methods

Emergency Medical Technicians

Female

Humans

Male

Middle Aged

Odds Ratio

Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

diagnosis

mortality

therapy

Patient Discharge

statistics & numerical data

Prospective Studies

Statistics

Nonparametric

Sweden

Time Factors

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)