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Impact of emergency medical service with advanced life support training for adults with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the Republic of Korea: A retrospective multicenter study

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  • Jae Yun Ahn
  • Hyun Wook Ryoo
  • Haewon Jung
  • Young Sun Ro
  • Jeong Ho Park

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Prehospital advanced life support (ALS) has been offered in many countries for patients experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA); however, its effectiveness remains unclear. This study aimed to determine the impact of emergency medical service (EMS) with ALS training as a nationwide pilot project for adults with OHCA in the Republic of Korea. This retrospective multicenter observational study was conducted between July 2019 and December 2020 using the Korean Cardiac Arrest Research Consortium registry. The patients were categorized into an intervention group that received EMS with ALS training and a control group that did not receive EMS with ALS training. Conditional logistic regression analysis was performed using matched data to compare clinical outcomes between the two groups. Compared with the control group, the intervention group had a lower rate of supraglottic airway usage (60.5% vs. 75.6%) and a higher rate of undergoing endotracheal intubation (21.7% vs. 6.1%, P

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  • Jae Yun Ahn & Hyun Wook Ryoo & Haewon Jung & Young Sun Ro & Jeong Ho Park, 2023. "Impact of emergency medical service with advanced life support training for adults with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the Republic of Korea: A retrospective multicenter study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(6), pages 1-13, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0286047
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286047
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