• Emerg Med Australas · Dec 2018

    Case Reports

    The need for improving access to emergency care through community involvement in low- and middle-income countries: A case study of cardiac arrest in Hanoi, Vietnam.

    • Bui Hai Hoang, Xuan Dung Dao, Shinji Nakahara, and Tetsuya Sakamoto.
    • Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
    • Emerg Med Australas. 2018 Dec 1; 30 (6): 867-869.

    AbstractOut-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients require immediate interventions by bystanders and emergency medical services (EMS). However, in many low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), bystanders witnessing a cardiac arrest rarely perform chest compressions and contact EMS. This paper attempts to draw lessons from a case of a patient with a cardiac arrest who could have survived with immediate interventions. A 40 year old man collapsed following electrocution at a construction site. His colleagues immediately transferred him to hospital via taxi, without performing chest compressions. At the hospital he showed ventricular fibrillation; resuscitation attempts failed and he died. Ventricular fibrillation due to electrocution is a benign type of cardiac arrest. The chance of survival increases with immediate chest compressions and prompt defibrillation. We discuss the reasons why the bystanders did not perform resuscitation or contact EMS and identify approaches for the improvement of pre-hospital care in LMICs.© 2018 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.

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