PMID- 933409
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19760823
LR  - 20191028
IS  - 0361-1124 (Print)
IS  - 0361-1124 (Linking)
VI  - 5
IP  - 6
DP  - 1976 Jun
TI  - Sudden cardiac death: a retrospective and prospective study.
PG  - 429-33
AB  - Since the inception of mobile coronary care units (MCCU), patients with sudden 
      cardiac death (SCD) saved by advanced emergency medical technicians (EMT-A) can 
      be studied retrospectively and prospectively. Forty-eight cases of SCD found in 
      ventricular fibrillation (VF) were successfully resuscitated. Only 32% had a 
      myocardial infarction. Most survivors were New York Heart Association (NYHA) 
      class I or II. All class IV survivors with severe congestive heart failure died 
      within 45 days. All class II survivors had angina as the limiting factor. Of all 
      patients with VF, 23% survived. Eighty percent of survivors were class I or II 
      and have resumed previous lifestyles. No clear cut symptom complex was 
      identified. Rescue response time was generally less than five minutes. 
      Intracardiac medications were administered without complications. Empirical 
      administration of sodium bicarbonate correlated poorly with arterial blood gas 
      determinations.
FAU - Amey, B D
AU  - Amey BD
FAU - Harrison, E E
AU  - Harrison EE
FAU - Straub, E J
AU  - Straub EJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - JACEP
JT  - JACEP
JID - 0317011
RN  - 0 (Bicarbonates)
RN  - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium)
RN  - YKH834O4BH (Epinephrine)
SB  - IM
MH  - Administration, Topical
MH  - Bicarbonates/administration & dosage
MH  - Calcium/administration & dosage
MH  - Death, Sudden
MH  - Epinephrine/administration & dosage
MH  - Florida
MH  - Heart Arrest/etiology/mortality/*therapy
MH  - Heart Failure/complications
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Mobile Health Units
MH  - Myocardial Infarction/complications
MH  - Prognosis
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - *Resuscitation
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - Ventricular Fibrillation/complications
EDAT- 1976/06/01 00:00
MHDA- 1976/06/01 00:01
CRDT- 1976/06/01 00:00
PHST- 1976/06/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1976/06/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1976/06/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0361-1124(76)80251-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0361-1124(76)80251-1 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - JACEP. 1976 Jun;5(6):429-33. doi: 10.1016/s0361-1124(76)80251-1.