Publications by authors named "Sriman Gaddam"
Background: With bystander AED usage being critical for prehospital cardiac arrest patient outcomes, it is important to analyze if the gender and location disparities found in bystander CPR rates also exist for bystander AED usage.
Methods: Using the National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) database, 1,144,969 bystander AED cases were analyzed on the basis of gender and location. Chi-squared testing checked for statistical significance and effect size was measured using relative risk (RR).
Background: Socioeconomic disparities are engrained in the US healthcare system and may extend to the prehospital cardiac arrest setting where mortality is high.
Methods: Using the National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) database, 150,003 cases were analyzed comparing socioeconomic status and cardiac arrest outcomes. Cardiac arrest outcomes were measured by the percent of cases that achieved return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and the percent of cases in which ROSC occurred in the Emergency Department (ED) as opposed to a prehospital setting which was a proxy for the length of time spent in cardiac arrest.