The status of advanced cardiac life support performance by resident belonging to other department except for department of emergency medicine in in-hospital cardiac arrest.
- Author:
Hyun Woo CHO
1
;
Jae Hyug WOO
;
Yong Su LIM
;
Jae Ho JANG
;
Jin Seong CHO
;
Jea Yeon CHOI
;
Hyuk Jun YANG
;
Sung Youl HYUN
Author Information
1. Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea. emmetalkiller@gilhospital.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Heart arrest;
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
Advanced cardiac life support;
Education
- MeSH:
Advanced Cardiac Life Support*;
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation;
Defibrillators;
Education;
Emergencies*;
Emergency Medicine*;
Hand;
Heart Arrest*;
Incidence;
Intensive Care Units;
Retrospective Studies;
Sodium Bicarbonate
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2018;29(5):485-492
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: This paper reports the status of the advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) according to the guidelines by residents belonging to other departments other than the department of emergency medicine. The differences in status between the junior group and senior group was also investigated according to grades of residents. METHODS: The ACLS performance for in-hospital cardiac arrest cases of one academic hospital, except for the cases occurring in intensive care unit between November 2015 and October 2017, were analyzed retrospectively. Data included the characteristics of residents, patients' outcomes, ACLS performance, and conventional treatment having discordance with the ACLS guidelines. Leaders during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) were divided into a junior group and senior group. RESULTS: A total of 152 cases were enrolled in this study. Of these, 131 cases (86.2%) showed at least one treatment with inconsistency from the guidelines and the incidence of discordant treatment was similar in the two groups (55 [85.9%] vs. 76 [88.4%], P=0.657). Implicit use of sodium bicarbonate was more frequent in the senior residents group (odds ratio [OR], 3.04; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.36–6.81). On the other hand, no use of a defibrillator was less frequent in the senior residents group (OR, 0.14; 95% CI, 0.03–0.81). CONCLUSION: In both groups, the rate of discordance with the ACLS guidelines during CPR were high. The rate of implicit use of sodium bicarbonate and no use of defibrillator were significantly different in the two groups. A customized education strategy for ACLS is needed for each group.
