Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest research progress and challenges in Lithuania.

Aim: To present the evolution of data collection and analysis methods of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) research in Kaunas city, Lithuania, and discuss the challenges encountered.

Methods: In late 2016, data collection began with a focus on 2016 data, following the Utstein 2014 template. The Kaunas city emergency medical services (EMS) station, which has a protocol dispatch system, pioneered the use of electronic submissions for the national EMS data collection form, making the research process more efficient.

Impact of video recordings review with structured debriefings on trauma team performance: a prospective observational cohort study.

Purpose: To determine the impact of structured debriefings (SD) with audio/video review of trauma patients' resuscitation events on trauma team (TT) technical and non-technical skills.

Methods: Single-center prospective observational cohort study. The study included all emergency department patients aged 18 years or older who received resuscitation from the TT.

AI-Enabled Public Surveillance Cameras for Rapid Emergency Medical Service Activation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests.

This study aims to evaluate the potential usefulness of a novel artificial intelligence (AI)-based video processing algorithm for rapidly activating ambulance services (EMS) in unwitnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) cases in public places. We hypothesized that AI should activate EMS using public surveillance cameras after detecting a person fallen due to OHCA. We created an AI model based on our experiment performed at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania, in Spring 2023.

Short- and long-term survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Kaunas (Lithuania) from 2016 to 2018.

Background: No studies analysing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) epidemiology and outcomes in Lithuania were published in the last decade.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data. The incidence of OHCA and the demographics and outcomes of patients who were treated for OHCA between 1 and 2016 and 31 December 2018 at Kaunas Emergency Medical Service (EMS) were collected and are reported in accordance with the Utstein recommendations.

What happens in the shock room stays in the shock room? A time-based audio/video audit framework for trauma team performance analysis.

Introduction: A precise tool for analysis of trauma team performance is missing.

Objectives: To create a framework for trauma team performance analysis and feedback.

Methods: An observational study in a level I trauma centre in Lithuania was performed from January 1 2017 to August 31 2017.

Evaluation of volume status in a prehospital setting by ultrasonographic measurement of inferior vena cava and aorta diameters.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of ultrasonographic measurement of the diameter of the inferior vena cava (IVCD) and abdominal aorta (AAD) for assessing volume status.

Material And Methods: This was a prospective, observational study. A total of 23 volunteers participated in the study.