Publications by authors named "G Thornorgeirsson"
Objective: A Telemedicine project was initiated to evaluate the usefulness of medical teleconsultations in Iceland and to gain experience for further planning of Telemedicine in the country.
Material And Methods: The consultations were based on videoconference and store and forward method. Electronic stethoscope, spirometry, otoendoscope and digital pictures were used along with conventional videoconsultations.
[Sudden noncardiac arrest out-of-hospital in the Reykjavík area 1987-1999.].
Laeknabladid
December 2001
Purpose: The purpose of this investigation was to study specifically those cases of sudden death out-of-hospital in the Reykjavik area that were due to non-cardiac causes the last 13 years, from January 1987 to December 31, 1999.
Material And Methods: The doctors of the emergency ambulance have kept detailed files for all cases of sudden death according to international system of documentation, the Utstein protocol. The cases were divided into two major groups, i.
Article Synopsis
- The study evaluated the effectiveness of a physician-manned ambulance service in Reykjavík for cardiac arrest resuscitations from 1999-2002, finding a survival rate to hospital admission of 41% and 19% to discharge.
- Improvements made prior to the study included centralized dispatch, enhanced EMT training, and increased cell phone coverage, with an average response time of 6.1 minutes for cardiac arrests.
- Of the 232 cardiac arrests analyzed, a significant 60% were in ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia, with higher survival rates noted for witnessed arrests.
Unlabelled: Since 1982 an emergency ambulance manned by a physician and two emergency medical technicians has been operated in the Reykjavik area. The physicians have followed guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA). Until 1986 the AHA guidelines had bicarbonate and in some instances calcium as first line treatment in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
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