• Scand J Trauma Resus · Dec 2020

    Multicenter Study

    Assessment of changes in cardiopulmonary resuscitation practices and outcomes on 1005 victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest during the COVID-19 outbreak: registry-based study.

    • Valentine Baert, Deborah Jaeger, Hervé Hubert, Lascarrou Jean-Baptiste JB Medical ICU, University Hospital Center, Nantes, France. the Paris Cardiovasc, Guillaume Debaty, Tahar Chouihed, François Javaudin, and GR-RéAC.
    • Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, ULR 2694 - METRICS, Évaluation des technologies de santé et des pratiques médicales, F-59000, Lille, France.
    • Scand J Trauma Resus. 2020 Dec 18; 28 (1): 119.

    BackgroundThe COVID-19 outbreak requires a permanent adaptation of practices. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is also involved and we evaluated these changes in the management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).MethodsOHCA of medical origins identified from the French National Cardiac Arrest Registry between March 1st and April 31st 2020 (COVID-19 period), were analysed. Different resuscitation characteristics were compared with the same period from the previous year (non-COVID-19 period).ResultsOverall, 1005 OHCA during the COVID-19 period and 1620 during the non-COVID-19 period were compared. During the COVID-19 period, bystanders and first aid providers initiated CPR less frequently (49.8% versus 54.9%; difference, - 5.1 percentage points [95% CI, - 9.1 to - 1.2]; and 84.3% vs. 88.7%; difference, - 4.4 percentage points [95% CI, - 7.1 to - 1.6]; respectively) as did mobile medical teams (67.3% vs. 75.0%; difference, - 7.7 percentage points [95% CI, - 11.3 to - 4.1]). First aid providers used defibrillators less often (66.0% vs. 74.1%; difference, - 8.2 percentage points [95% CI, - 11.8 to - 4.6]). Return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and D30 survival were lower during the COVID-19 period (19.5% vs. 25.3%; difference, - 5.8 percentage points [95% CI, - 9.0 to - 2.5]; and 2.8% vs. 6.4%; difference, - 3.6 percentage points [95% CI, - 5.2 to - 1.9]; respectively).ConclusionsDuring the COVID-19 period, we observed a decrease in CPR initiation regardless of whether patients were suspected of SARS-CoV-2 infection or not. In the current atmosphere, it is important to communicate good resuscitation practices to avoid drastic and lasting reductions in survival rates after an OHCA.

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