Cumulative effect of public health interventions on time interval to first chest compression and survival outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Resuscitation · 2025-09-12 · Observational study
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the cumulative effect of multiple interventions on time interval to first chest compression and survival outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). METHODS: We conducted a secondary analysis of a prospective national cohort study on adult, non-traumatic OHCA in Singapore. Six nationwide interventions were implemented sequentially, including the introduction of fire-bikers, dispatch-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a first responder public cardiopulmonary resuscitation training program, the myResponder phone application, the Save-A-Life public access defibrillation program and first responder high-performance cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, dividing the study period into seven distinct time periods. The outcomes were system-level estimate of time interval to first chest compression and survival outcomes. RESULTS: The time interval to first chest compression for OHCA patients was 10.6 (8.5, 13.4), 10.9 (8.8, 13.9), 7.5 (0.0, 11.9), 5.0 (0.0, 12.1), 5.0 (2.4, 11.9), 4.3 (2.0, 10.5) and 4.5 (2.1, 11.3) minutes from period 1 to 7, respectively. Interventions were significantly associated with reduced time interval to first chest compression (β-estimate -4.09, 95 % confidence interval (CI): -4.81, -3.37), and increased likelihood of survival to hospital discharge (odds ratio (OR) 2.09; 95 % CI, 1.39-3.14) and survival with favorable neurological outcomes (OR 3.06; 95 % CI, 1.79-5.25) after implementation of the six nationwide interventions, compared with pre-intervention. The time interval to first chest compression significantly explained 21.17 % and 22.67 % of the relationship between interventions and survival to discharge and favorable neurological outcomes, respectively. CONCLUSION: The implementation of cumulative multiple interventions was significantly associated with reduced time to first chest compression and improved OHCA survival outcomes.
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Automated external defibrillator · Alerted volunteer responders · Bystanders · Mortality & survival · Quality of life & function · Time intervals
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