Tan Doan, Stuart Howell, Stephen Ball, Judith Finn, Peter Cameron, Emma Bosley, Bridget Dicker, Steven Faddy, Ziad Nehme, Natalie Heriot, Andy Swain, Melanie Thorrowgood, Andrew Thomas, Samuel Perillo, Mike McDermott, Tony Smith, Karen Smith, Jason Belcher, Janet Bray
AIM: This study aims to explore regional variation and identify regions within Australia with high incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and low rates of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). METHOD: Adult OHCAs of presumed medical aetiology occurring across Australia between 2017 and 2019 were mapped onto local government areas (LGA) using the location of arrest coordinates. Bayesian spatial models were applied to provide "smoothed" estimates of OHCA incidence and bystander CPR rates (for bystander-witnessed OHCAs) for each LGA...
2024: PloS One