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- Bin Salleeh Hashim M HM Emergency Medical Services, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail. hbinsalleeh@ksu.edu.sa., Khalid A Gabralla, William J Leggio, and Zohair A Al Aseri.
- Emergency Medical Services, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail. hbinsalleeh@ksu.edu.sa.
- Saudi Med J. 2015 Sep 1; 36 (9): 1071-5.
ObjectivesTo report the characteristics of adult out-of-hospital arrest patients and their outcomes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. MethodsThis is a prospective descriptive study of out-of-hospital adult arrests incident transported to King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between July 2012 and September 2013. ResultsA total of 96 adult patients were enrolled in this study. Males represented 62.5% of the participants. The mean age of the study population was 58.9 years, and specifically 30.8 years for traumatic arrests, and 62.9 for non-traumatic. An over-all mortality rate of 95.8% was documented, as well as a low rate of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation being performed, and a family member transported most patients to the hospital. ConclusionA low survival rate for non-traumatic out-of-hospital adult arrest patients and a 100% mortality rate in traumatic arrests were discovered.
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