[Cardio respiratory arrest out of the hospital at the eldest].

Background: The management of the older constituted a problematic that will be more attractive in the future because of the population's advanced age.

Aim: To evaluate the management of the older more than 75 years that presented an arrest chest.

Methods: Retrospective study during 12 months (from the first January 2004 to 31 December 2004) and interested 15 regulation's documents; we studied demographic parameters, the cause and the time of called the evolution after cardio-respiratory resuscitation.