An unbroken ring of the chain of survival

Tatsuya Norii; Yutaka Igarashi

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109803

An unbroken ring of the chain of survival

Resuscitation. 2023 Jun:187:109803. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109803. Epub 2023 Apr 22.

Authors

Tatsuya Norii¹, Yutaka Igarashi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, USA; Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. Electronic address: TaNorii@salud.unm.edu.
² Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: igarashiy@nms.ac.jp.

PMID: 37088271
PMCID: PMC10122547
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109803

Abstract

This is a commentary on the study conducted by Kennedy et al. from Victoria, Australia, that analyzed the cohort of all adult EMS-witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients in the region and compared patients treated during the COVID-19 period to a historical comparator period. The commentary summarizes the study findings and discusses the importance of the study in the context of the chain of survival and changes in airway management for OHCA patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: Airway management; COVID-19; Cardiac arrest; Supraglottic airway devices.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Adult
COVID-19*
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation*
Emergency Medical Services*
Humans
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest* / therapy
Pandemics
Victoria / epidemiology