SCAI Expert Consensus Statement on Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest | SCAI
May 14th 2020
Lloyd W. Klein, MD, MSCAI
(Author)
Amir Lotfi, MD, FSCAI
(Author)
Jaya Mallidi, MD, MHS, FSCAI
(Author)
Roxana Mehran, MD, MSCAI
(Author)
John C. Messenger, MD, MSCAI
(Author)
Michael Mooney, MD, FSCAI
(Author)
Duane Pinto, MD, MPH, FSCAI
(Author)
S. Tanveer Rab, MD, MSCAI
Demetri Yannopoulos, MD, FSCAI
(Author)
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SCAI Expert Consensus Statement on Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Consensus Statement Quality Improvement

Out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains a significant public health problem with high mortality and morbidity. The management decisions in the care of these patients are dynamic and interdependent, necessitating frequent clinical evaluations and a multidisciplinary team‐based approach along the entire continuum of care from pre-hospital to post-hospital care. This statement provides evidence‐based and patient‐oriented recommendations for the management of these patients.

Proposed levels of care for patients with cardiac arrest and shock
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OHCA patients have a low observed rate of survival to discharge with good neurologic function.

2 in 3

deaths are due to anoxic brain injury

All authors: Amir Lotfi, MD, FSCAI; Lloyd W. Klein, MD, MSCAI; Ravi S. Hira, MD, FSCAI; Jaya Mallidi, MD, MHS, FSCAI; Roxana Mehran, MD, MSCAI, John C. Messenger, MD, FSCAI; Duane S. Pinto, MD, MPH, FSCAI; Michael R. Mooney MD, FSCAI; Tanveer Rab, MD, FSCAI; Demetri Yannopoulos, MD, FSCAI; and Sean van Diepen MD, MSc.

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