Characteristics and short-term survival of individuals with out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the East Bohemian region.

Aim: We describe survival after admission to hospital from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in the East Bohemian region, according to the Utstein Style guidelines and have identified the main diagnosis including in those who died and had an autopsy.

Patient Group: Over a period of 29 months we used a questionnaire supplied to 24 rescue stations, to identify 718 individuals (511 men and 207 women, aged 16-97 years) with confirmed cardiac arrest who were considered for resuscitation.

Results: Out of 560 patients in whom cardiopulmonary resuscitation for OHCA of confirmed cardiac aetiology was attempted, 350 patients (62.