To ventilate or not to ventilate during bystander CPR — A EuReCa TWO analysis

Jan Wnent, Ingvild Tjelmeland, Rolf Lefering, Rudolph W. Koster, Holger Maurer, Siobhán Masterson, Johan Herlitz, Bernd W. Böttiger, Fernando Rosell Ortiz, Gavin D. Perkins, Leo Bossaert, Maximilian Moertl, Pierre Mols, Irzal Hadžibegović, Anatolij Truhlář, Ari Salo, Valentine Baert, Eniko Nagy, Grzegorz Cebula, Violetta RaffayStefan Trenkler, Andrej Markota, Anneli Strömsöe, Jan-Thorsten Gräsner, Hajriz Alihodžić, Marios Ioannides, Mads Wissenberg, Josephine Escutnaire, Nikolaos Nikolaou, Bergthor Steinn Jonsson, Peter Wright, Federico Semeraro, Carlo Clarens, Steffie Beesems, Vitor H. Correia, Diana Cimpoesu, Roman Burkart, Scott Booth, Michael Baubin, Adolf Schinnerl, Gerhard Prause, Thomas Tschoellitsch, Helmut Trimmel, Rene Belz, Wolfgang Fleischmann, Magali Bartiaux, Koenraad Monsieurs, Stephan Wilmin, Mathias Faniel, Marie Vanhove, Pascale Lievens, Dominique Biarent, Marc van Nuffelen, Ives Hubloue, Jean-Marie Jacques, Michèle Yerna, Robert Leach, Mathieu Jeanmaire, Paule Denoël, Frank van Trimpont, Francis Desmet, Louise Delhaye, Vincent van Belleghem, Ken Dewitte, Musa Abbasi, Simon Scheyltjens, Olivier Vermylen, Diane de Longueville, Stéphane Debaize, Silvija Hunyadi Antičević, Slobodanka Keleuva, Milan Lazarević, Radmila Majhen Ujević, Gordana Antić Šego, Branka Bardak, Domagoj Mišković, Monika Praunová, Ondřej Franěk, Jaroslav Kratochvíl, Jan Přikryl, Roman Sýkora, Tomáš Vaňatka, Marek Vašák, Petr Jaššo, Petr Šmejkal, Otomar Kušička, Robin Šín, Eva Smržová, Dorián Pfeifer, Heini Harve-Rytsälä, Pamela Hiltunen, Peter Holmström, Timo Iirola, Katja Jokela, Hetti Kirves, Pekka Korvenoja, Markku Kuisma, Jukka Laine, Markus Lyyra, Sami Länkimäki, Petra Portaankorva, Lasse Raatiniemi, Marko Sainio, Piritta Setälä, Tuukka Toivonen, Jan Uotinen, Jukka Vaahersalo, Taneli Väyrynen, David Hamdan, Jean-Marc Agostinucci, Fabienne Branche, François Revaux, S. bastien Jonquet, Richard Loubert, Marion Boursier, Bruno Simonnet, Jean-Charles Morel, Steven Lagadec, Aurélie Avondo, Emilie Gelin, Emanuel Morel-Maréchal, C. cile Ursat, Laurent Villain-Coquet, Marc Fournier, Romain Tabary, Philippe le Pimpec, Delphine Hugenschmitt, Diego Abarrategui, Romain Blondet, Aurélie Arnaud, Sonia Sadoune, Julien Segard, Sophie Narcisse, M. lanie Laot, Thomas Pernot, Hubert Courcoux, Coralie Chassin, Benoît Jardel, Jeanne Picart, Franck Garden Brèche, Pierre-Alban Guenier, Renaud Getti, Alexandre Jeziorny, Antoine Leroy, Carine Vanderstraeten, S. bastien Dussoulier, Attila Haja, D. niel Németh, Andrea Válint, G. bor Csató, Gerda Lóczi, P. ter Vörös, Zsuzsanna Németh, Ferenc Molnár, Ferenc Nagy, Henrietta Kádár, Julia Duda, Justyna Tęczar, Sylwia Dul, Grażyna Świtacz, Andrzej Raczynski, Zlatko Fiser, Zlatko Babic, Aleksandra Opacic, Kornelija Jaksic Horvat, Snezana Vukelic, Jelena Tijanic, Dusan Milenkovic, Sasa Milic, Deze Babinski, Cedomir Boskovic, Jovanka Koprivica, Erika Terek, Goran Provci, Dragana Jovic Zvijer, Ľubica Bajerovská, Miroslav Chabroň, Danka Pražienková, Renáta Kratochvílová, Radoslav Burian, Martin Dobrík, Juraj Patráš, Vladimír Šteflík, Peter Androvič, František Mičáň, Božena Horáňová, J. lius Pavčo, Monika Grochová, T. ňa Bulíková, Rok Maček, Matej Rubelli Furman, Samo Podhostnik, Miha Oman, Klemen Lipovšek, Špela Baznik, Jurica Ferenčina, Matej Strnad, Edith Žižek, Miha Kodela, Alenka Antolinc Košat, Nina Lotrič, Jonny Lindqvist, Remy Stieglis, Anja Radstok

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Abstract

Background: Survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is still low. For every minute without resuscitation the likelihood of survival decreases. One critical step is initiation of immediate, high quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The aim of this subgroup analysis of data collected for the European Registry of Cardiac Arrest Study number 2 (EuReCa TWO) was to investigate the association between OHCA survival and two types of bystander CPR namely: chest compression only CPR (CConly) and CPR with chest compressions and ventilations (FullCPR). Method: In this subgroup analysis of EuReCa TWO, all patients who received bystander CPR were included. Outcomes were return of spontaneous circulation and survival to 30-days or hospital discharge. A multilevel binary logistic regression analysis with survival as the dependent variable was performed. Results: A total of 5884 patients were included in the analysis, varying between countries from 21 to 1444. Survival was 320 (8%) in the CConly group and 174 (13%) in the FullCPR group. After adjustment for age, sex, location, rhythm, cause, time to scene, witnessed collapse and country, patients who received FullCPR had a significantly higher survival rate when compared to those who received CConly (adjusted odds ration 1.46, 95% confidence interval 1.17–1.83). Conclusion: In this analysis, FullCPR was associated with higher survival compared to CConly. Guidelines should continue to emphasise the importance of compressions and ventilations during resuscitation for patients who suffer OHCA and CPR courses should continue to teach both.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)101-109
Number of pages9
JournalResuscitation
Volume166
Early online date2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2021

Keywords

  • Bystander CPR
  • Chest-compression only CPR
  • EuReCa
  • Full CPR
  • Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

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