• Philippe Dewolf, Boyd Rutten, Lina Wauters, Senne Van den Bempt, Thomas Uten, Joke Van Kerkhoven, Didier Desruelles, Geraldine Clarebout, and Sandra Verelst.
• Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; KULeuven, University, Faculty of Medicine, Belgium. Electronic address: philippe.dewolf@uzleuven.be.
• Resuscitation. 2021 Aug 1; 165: 1-7.

BackgroundMost research on out-of-hospital resuscitation relies on data collection from medical records. However, the data in medical records are often inaccurate.ObjectiveTo compare the data registration of the medical record with the data from the video recorded resuscitation and study the impact of video recording during resuscitation on the outcome.MethodsOut-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was video recorded using a body-mounted camera. Video recordings were independently reviewed and compared with the data of the medical record. The presence of bystander CPR and witnessed arrest, the initial rhythm, total number of defibrillations, adrenaline dosage and the total duration of CPR were studied. Using the medical records, CPR outcomes were compared for the periods prior to, during and after video recording.ResultsIn total, 129 resuscitations were analysed. Of the six parameters, only the number of defibrillations was not significantly different in the medical record compared to the video recordings. The total duration of CPR (69.0%) and the total dose of adrenaline administered (63.6%) were the most incorrectly recorded, followed by the number of defibrillations (34.0%), witnessed arrest (31.0%), bystander CPR (24.0%) and initial rhythm (7%). No statistically significant difference was found comparing the outcomes (ROSC, 24 h and 1 month survival) of the periods before, during and after video recording.ConclusionWe detected a high number of discrepancies between the medical record and the data from the video recorded resuscitation. No significant effect of video-recording on patient outcome was found.Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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