Long-term outcome of bystander-witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Estonia from 1999 to 2002.

Objective: To assess the long-term outcome of bystander-witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims in Estonia by using the survival rate and quality of life assay.

Methods: All resuscitation attempts made from 01.01.

Out-of-hospital resuscitation in Estonia: a bystander-witnessed sudden cardiac arrest.

Objective: To evaluate the results of the first epidemiological study on out-of-hospital resuscitation in Estonia.

Methods: A prospective cohort study of 2108 consecutive standardized reports on out-of-hospital resuscitation attempts from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2002 was conducted according to the Utstein style.

Results: In all, 67.