Efforts to Improve Survival Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in China: BASIC-OHCA.

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes

Department of Emergency Medicine, Chest Pain Center, Shandong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine of Shandong University, Key Laboratory of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine of Shandong Province, Key Laboratory of Cardiopulmonary-Cerebral Resuscitation Research of Shandong Province, Shandong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research affiliated to Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Ji'nan, China (X.X., J. Zheng, W.Z., C.P., C.W., J. Zhang, Y.B., J.M., K.C., R.L., Y.Z., Y.C., F.X.).

Published: February 2023

Background: Establishing registries to collect demographic characteristics, processes of care, and outcomes of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) can better understand epidemiological trends, measure care quality, and identify opportunities for improvement. This study aimed to describe the design, implementation, and scientific significance of a nationwide registry-the BASIC-OHCA (Baseline Investigation of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest)-in China.

Methods: BASIC-OHCA was designed as a prospective, multicenter, observational, population-based study. The BASIC-OHCA registry was developed based on Utstein templates. BASIC-OHCA includes all OHCA patients confirmed by emergency medical services (EMS) personnel regardless of age, sex, or cause. Patients declared dead at the scene by EMS personnel for any reasons are also included. To fully characterize an OHCA event, BASIC-OHCA collects data from 3 sources-EMS, the receiving hospital, and patient follow-up-and links them to form a single record. Once data entry is completed and quality is checked, individual identifiers are stripped from the record.

Results: Currently, 32 EMS agencies in 7 geographic regions contribute data to BASIC-OHCA. They are distributed in the urban and rural areas, covering ≈9% of the population of mainland China. Data collection started on August 1, 2019. By July 31, 2020, a total of 92 913 EMS-assessed OHCA patients were enrolled. Among 28969 (31.18%) EMS-treated OHCAs, the mean age was 65.79±17.36 years, and 68.35% were males. The majority of OHCAs (76.85%) occurred at home or residence. A shockable initial rhythm was reported in 5.43% of patients. Any return of spontaneous circulation, survival to hospital discharge, and favorable neurological outcome at hospital discharge were 5.98%, 1.15%, and 0.83%, respectively.

Conclusions: BASIC-OHCA is the first nationwide registry on OHCA in China. It can be used as a public health surveillance system and as a platform to produce evidence-based practices to help identify opportunities for improvement.

Registration: URL: https://www.

Clinicaltrials: gov; Unique identifier: NCT03926325.

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