Publication date: Jul 15, 2024
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a time-sensitive medical emergency that needs immediate interventions. COVID-19 affected the performance of the emergency medical service (EMS) system in pre-hospital care, including the management of cardiac arrest. This study aimed to identify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pre-hospital management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and its outcome in Qom City, Iran. In this descriptive-analytical study, the data were collected from the electronic registration system of the EMS center in Qom, Iran. All OHCA patients who received resuscitation during COVID-19 and before COVID-19 were enrolled in the study. Data consisted of the characteristics of OHCA patients, EMS interventions and response times, and the outcome of OHCA. A P-value of
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Arrest | COVID-19 |
| Cardiac | Emergency medical services |
| Hospital | Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest |
| Iran | Pre-hospital |
| Pandemic | Response time |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | out-of-hospital cardiac arrest |
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 |
| disease | VO | time |
| disease | MESH | emergency |
| disease | MESH | cardiac arrest |