• Ann Emerg Med · May 1995

    Meta Analysis

    Effect of out-of-hospital defibrillation by basic life support providers on cardiac arrest mortality: a metaanalysis.

    • T E Auble, J J Menegazzi, and P M Paris.
    • Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA.
    • Ann Emerg Med. 1995 May 1; 25 (5): 642-8.

    Study ObjectiveAlthough some studies demonstrate otherwise, we hypothesized that metaanalysis would demonstrate a reduction in the relative risk of mortality when basic life support (BLS) providers can defibrillate out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients.DesignMetaanalysis of studies meeting the following criteria: single-tier or two-tier emergency medical service (EMS) system, survival to hospital discharge for patients in ventricular fibrillation, and manual and/or automatic external defibrillators. The alpha error rate was .05.ResultsSeven trials qualified for metaanalysis. Across all trials, the risk of mortality for BLS care with defibrillation versus that without was .915 (P = .0003). Separate subset analyses of single-tier and two-tier EMS systems demonstrated similar results.ConclusionBLS defibrillation can reduce the relative risk of death for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims in ventricular fibrillation. Weaknesses in individual study designs and regional clustering limit the strength of this metaanalysis and conclusion.

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