4 results match your criteria: "MKK-Hospital Luebbecke[Affiliation]"

Background: The aim of this study was to examine the impact of COVID-19 on the response rate of community-first-responders (CFR) and other out-of-hospital-cardiac-arrest (OHCA) outcomes using the smartphone-first-responder-system (SFRS) "Mobile Retter."

Methods: All adult non-traumatic OHCA in the district of Gütersloh between 01.01.

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Sonification enables continuous surveillance of the ST segment in the electrocardiogram.

Am J Emerg Med

August 2022

Emergency Medical Services, District of Herford, Germany; Emergency Department, Herford Hospital, Campus OWL, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.

Introduction: ST segment elevation myocardial infarction is a common reason for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in adult patients. The surveillance of the ST segment in the electrocardiogram is limited to visual presentation. However, the ST segment can change during the course of treatment.

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The emergency medical service has a crucial role to unravel the genetics of sudden cardiac arrest in young, out of hospital resuscitated patients: Interim data from the MAP-IT study.

Resuscitation

November 2021

Erich and Hanna Klessmann-Institute for Cardiovascular Research and Development & Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart- and Diabetescenter NRW, D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. Electronic address:

Background: Genetics of sudden cardiac deaths (SCD) remains frequently undetected. Genetic analysis is recommended in undefined selected cases in the 2021 ERC-guideline. The emergency medical service and physicians (EMS) may play a pivotal role for unraveling SCD by saving biomaterial for later molecular autopsy.

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