ReSS 2018 Science News

November 10–11, 2018

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Selected Science from Saturday, Nov. 10

Linn Andelius | Emergency Medical Services Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Dispatching Lay Rescuers Through a Smartphone Application is Associated With Increased Bystander Defibrillation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Linn Andelius | Emergency Medical Services Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

  • RESULTS: In Denmark bystander defibrillation rate for OHCA increased by 2.5-fold as a result of activation of the Heart Runner smartphone app where the runner arrived first vs EMS arrival first.
  • Abstract
  • Andelius' Presentation Slides (PDF)


Emmanuel O Akintoye | University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa, IA

Association Between Hospital Volume of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Survival to Hospital Discharge
Emmanuel O Akintoye | University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa, IA

Takayuki Ogura | Japan Red Cross Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Japan

The Most Accurate Massive Transfusion Prediction Score at the Scene of Injury: The Pre-Hospital Traumatic Bleeding Severity Score
Takayuki Ogura | Japan Red Cross Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Japan

Peter J Kudenchuk | University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

Survival after Intravenous Vs Intraosseous Amiodarone, Lidocaine or Placebo in Out-of-Hospital Ventricular Fibrillation Cardiac Arrest
Peter J Kudenchuk | University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

  • RESULTS: When given by intravenous administration, amiodarone and lidocaine compared to placebo were associated with a significant increase in survival to hospital for OHCA due to shock-refractory ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia.
  • Abstract for Kudenchuk
  • Presentation Slides (PDF) for Kudenchuk

Other Saturday ReSS Science of Note

ReSS 2018 Poster and Oral Abstracts (Table of Contents)
(Late-Breaking ReSS 2018 Abstracts will be published at a later date)

To create an abstract-specific URL for ReSS abstracts, use the following formula:
Use this URL: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.138.suppl_2.000

Replace the last 2 or 3 digits of the URL with the assigned Abstract Number (leaving the preceding period). For example:

Selected Science from Sunday, Nov. 11

Jason A Bartos | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Progressive Metabolic Derangement During Prolonged Resuscitation for Refractory VT/VF Cardiac Arrest and the Relationship to Neurologically Intact Survival With Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Jason A Bartos | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

When Laws Save Lives: Impact of Legislation Requiring Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Education in High Schools on Survival After Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Victoria L Vetter | CHOP/Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Sex Differences in Outcomes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients: Insights From the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Continuous Chest Compression Trial
Purav Mody | UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX

  • RESULTS: In resuscitated OHCA patients, women were more likely than men to have a return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) but discharge survival and survival with favorable neurological function was less likely.
  • Abstract for Mody
  • Presentation Slides (PDF) for Mody

Different scenarios demonstrated that the yearly incidence of cardiac arrests happening when an AED was present had little effect on the cost-effectiveness ratio.
Lars W Andersen | Research Center for Emergency Medicine, Aarhus, Denmark

Other ReSS Science of Note