TY - JOUR
T1 - The National Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest – A Registry in Transformation
AU - Jensen, Theo Walter
AU - Blomberg, Stig Nikolaj
AU - Folke, Fredrik
AU - Mikkelsen, Søren
AU - Rostgaard-Knudsen, Martin
AU - Juelsgaard, Palle
AU - Christensen, Erika Frishknecht
AU - Torp-Pedersen, Christian
AU - Lippert, Freddy
AU - Christensen, Helle Collatz
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Jensen et al.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Aim of the Database: The aim of the Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry is to monitor the quality of prehospital cardiac arrest treatment, evaluate initiatives regarding prehospital treatment of cardiac arrest, and facilitate research. Study Population: All patients with prehospital cardiac arrest in Denmark treated by the emergency medical services in whom resuscitation or defibrillation has been attempted. Main Variables: The Danish Cardiac Arrest Register records descriptive and qualitative variables as outlined in the “Utstein” template for reporting out-of-hospital-cardiac arrest. Main variables include whether the case was witnessed, whether the cardiac arrest was electrocardiographically monitored, the timing of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the timing of the first analysis of the cardiac rhythm. The outcome measures are the status of the patient at handover to the hospital, return of spontaneous circulation, and 30-day survival after event. Database Status: The Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry was established in June 2001, and all Danish emergency medical services are reporting to the database. Conclusion: The Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry is among the oldest Danish national clinical registries, with a high quality of clinical data and coverage. This registry provides the prerequisite for all research on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest research in Denmark and is essential for monitoring and improving the quality of care for patients suffering from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
AB - Aim of the Database: The aim of the Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry is to monitor the quality of prehospital cardiac arrest treatment, evaluate initiatives regarding prehospital treatment of cardiac arrest, and facilitate research. Study Population: All patients with prehospital cardiac arrest in Denmark treated by the emergency medical services in whom resuscitation or defibrillation has been attempted. Main Variables: The Danish Cardiac Arrest Register records descriptive and qualitative variables as outlined in the “Utstein” template for reporting out-of-hospital-cardiac arrest. Main variables include whether the case was witnessed, whether the cardiac arrest was electrocardiographically monitored, the timing of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the timing of the first analysis of the cardiac rhythm. The outcome measures are the status of the patient at handover to the hospital, return of spontaneous circulation, and 30-day survival after event. Database Status: The Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry was established in June 2001, and all Danish emergency medical services are reporting to the database. Conclusion: The Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry is among the oldest Danish national clinical registries, with a high quality of clinical data and coverage. This registry provides the prerequisite for all research on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest research in Denmark and is essential for monitoring and improving the quality of care for patients suffering from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
KW - cardiac arrest
KW - cardiopulmonary resuscitation
KW - Denmark
KW - OHCA
KW - quality
KW - survival
U2 - 10.2147/CLEP.S374788
DO - 10.2147/CLEP.S374788
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35966902
AN - SCOPUS:85135602799
VL - 14
SP - 949
EP - 957
JO - Clinical Epidemiology
JF - Clinical Epidemiology
SN - 1179-1349
ER -