Resuscitation
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Drowning results in more than 360,000 deaths annually, making it the 3rd leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide. Prior studies have examined airway interventions affecting patient outcomes in cardiac arrest, but less is known about drowning patients in arrest. This study evaluated the outcomes of drowning patients in the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) who received advanced airway management. ⋯ In this national cohort of drowning patients in cardiac arrest, SGA use was associated with significantly lower odds of survival to hospital admission and discharge. However, survival to discharge with favorable neurological outcome did not differ significantly between airway management techniques. Further studies will need to examine if airway intervention order or time to intervention affects outcomes.
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Observational Study
Trends of the Incidence and Clinical Outcomes of Suicide-related Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Korea: A 10-Year Nationwide Observational Study.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the characteristics and temporal trends of the incidence and survival outcomes of suicide-related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) according to the suicide attempt method during the past decade. ⋯ The incidence of suicide-related OHCA has increased over the past decade in Korea, and survival outcomes are still very low. New interventions are needed to decrease the incidence and burden of suicide-related OHCAs.