Carl O Eriksson, Nathan Bahr, Garth Meckler, Matthew Hansen, Grace Walker-Stevenson, Ahamed Idris, Tom P Aufderheide, Mohamud R Daya, Ericka L Fink, Jonathan Jui, Maureen Luetje, Christian Martin-Gill, Steven Mcgaughey, Jon Pelletier, Danny Thomas, Jeanne-Marie Guise
IMPORTANCE: Survival for children with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains poor despite improvements in adult OHCA survival. OBJECTIVE: To characterize the frequency of and factors associated with adverse safety events (ASEs) in pediatric OHCA. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This population-based retrospective cohort study examined patient care reports from 51 emergency medical services (EMS) agencies in California, Georgia, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin for children younger than 18 years with an OHCA in which resuscitation was attempted by EMS personnel between 2013 and 2019...
January 2, 2024: JAMA Network Open