European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021: Epidemiology of cardiac arrest in Europe

Jan-Thorsten Gräsner; Johan Herlitz; Ingvild B M Tjelmeland; Jan Wnent; Siobhan Masterson; Gisela Lilja; Berthold Bein; Bernd W Böttiger; Fernando Rosell-Ortiz; Jerry P Nolan; Leo Bossaert; Gavin D Perkins

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.02.007

European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021: Epidemiology of cardiac arrest in Europe

Resuscitation. 2021 Apr:161:61-79. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.02.007. Epub 2021 Mar 24.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Institute for Emergency Medicine, Kiel, Germany; University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Kiel, Germany.
² Prehospen-Centre for Prehospital Research, Faculty of Caring Science, Work-Life and Social Welfare, University of Borås, Borås, Sweden.
³ University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Institute for Emergency Medicine, Kiel, Germany; Division of Prehospital Services, Oslo University Hospital, Norway.
⁴ University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Institute for Emergency Medicine, Kiel, Germany; University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Kiel, Germany; University of Namibia, School of Medicine, Windhoek, Namibia.
⁵ National Ambulance Service and National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
⁶ Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurology, Lund, Sweden.
⁷ Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Asklepios Hospital St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany; Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
⁸ Medical Faculty and University Hospital of Cologne, Germany.
⁹ Servicio de Urgencias y Emergencias 061 de La Rioja, Spain.
¹⁰ Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK; Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK.
¹¹ University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
¹² Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK; University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, B9 5SS, UK.

PMID: 33773833
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.02.007

Abstract

In this section of the European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021, key information on the epidemiology and outcome of in and out of hospital cardiac arrest are presented. Key contributions from the European Registry of Cardiac Arrest (EuReCa) collaboration are highlighted. Recommendations are presented to enable health systems to develop registries as a platform for quality improvement and to inform health system planning and responses to cardiac arrest.

Keywords: Cardiac arrest; Epidemiology; Incidence of cardiac arrest.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation*
Europe / epidemiology
Humans
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest* / epidemiology
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest* / therapy
Registries
Resuscitation