SURVIVABILTY OF PREHOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST

Survivability of Prehospital Cardiac arrest

Survivability of Prehospital Cardiac arrest

The most pressing issue in current emergency medical services (EMS) practice is whether prehospital advanced life support (ALS) care has an impact on outcome. Although still controversial, the few articles in the recent literature stipulate no significant difference regarding the mortality and morbidity provided by ALS care on scene or during transportation.

There is a trend to deemphasize the importance of ALS services in a community's EMS system. 3 Many published articles even indicate prehospital ALS care has harmful effects on some trauma cases. 4, 5 However, no articles ...