Publications by authors named "Saad Albaiz"
Aim: The Saudi Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Registry (SOHAR) is the first out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) registry in Saudi Arabia. This study aimed to describe the epidemiology and outcomes of OHCA in Saudi Arabia.
Methods: The SOHAR is a prospective data collection system.
A 29-year-old male paramedic on duty in a hospital-based emergency medical service system presented to the emergency room with complaints of chronic midback pain. In 2019, when the patient was on duty and complained of back pain for over 3 days, his supervisor instructed him to go to the emergency room. The patient collapsed and went into cardiac arrest; he received a total of 16 doses of 1 mg epinephrine (10 mL of a 1:10,000 solution), 2 doses of amiodarone, 1 dose of sodium bicarbonate, and an infusion of beta blocker agents, which were administered throughout the resuscitation that lasted for 63 minutes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMiddle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a form of an infectious respiratory disease, discovered in November 2012 in Saudi Arabia. According to the World Health Organization (WHO; Geneva, Switzerland) reports, a total of 2,519 laboratory-confirmed cases and 866 MERS-CoV-related deaths were recorded as of March 5, 2016.1 The majority of reported cases originated from Saudi Arabia (2,121 cases).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Saudi Board of Emergency Medicine (SBEM) graduates are involved in a 1-month rotation in emergency medical services (EMSs) and disaster medicine. The purpose of this study was to evaluate change in knowledge and attitude of EM residents after the introduction of the EMS and disaster medicine rotation.
Materials And Methods: The study included 32 3-year SBEM residents.