Cardiac arrests statistics

Original Request

During 2015-16 and 2016-17 What is the number of out of hospital cardiac arrests attended by IOMAS crews? (excluding traumatic cardiac arrests) What is the number that survived to hospital admission? What number of these survived to discharge? What is the number of out of hospital cardiac arrest patients who were sent to the UK for angio/PCI? What number of these underwent thrombolysis on island?

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Full Response Text

Chief Executive: Malcolm Couch Freedom of Information Team DHSC Digital Cronk Coar Strang IM4 4RJ

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Your ref: ### Our ref: 361203 26 March 2018

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 6 March 2018 and which states:

“During 2015-16 and 2016-17 Question1: What is the number of out of hospital cardiac arrests attended by IOMAS crews? (excluding traumatic cardiac arrests) Question 2:What is the number that survived to hospital admission? Question 3:What number of these survived to discharge? Question 4: What is the number of out of hospital cardiac arrest patients who were sent to the UK for angio/PCI? Question 5: What number of these underwent thrombolysis on island?"

Our response to your request is as follows: I have detailed below the information that is being released to you. Question 01: “What is the number of out of hospital cardiac arrests attended by IOMAS crews? (excluding traumatic cardiac arrests)” In response to Question 01: Viewing the Isle of Man Ambulance Service data, which is collated from patient care records submitted for audit by staff. During the period 1st April 2015 to 31st March 2016 the Isle of Man Ambulance have recorded attending to 103 calls for cardiac arrest. This data includes all cases for cardiac arrests including 47 patients who were beyond resuscitation and therefore resuscitation was not commenced. Therefore active resuscitation was carried out on 56 patients. The data does not capture the cause of the cardiac arrest and may include trauma cases within it. During the period 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017 the Isle of Man Ambulance have recorded attending to 98 calls for cardiac arrest. This data includes all cases for cardiac arrests including 40 patients who were beyond resuscitation and therefore resuscitation was not commenced. Therefore active resuscitation was carried out on 58 patients. The data does not capture the cause of the cardiac arrest and may include trauma cases within it.

Question 02: “What is the number that survived to hospital admission” In response to Question 02: During the period 1st April 2015 to 31st March 2016 the Isle of Man Ambulance have recorded of the 56 patients whom active resuscitation was commenced 31 were transported to hospital and 16 (29%) had return of spontaneous circulation. During the period 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017 the Isle of Man Ambulance have recorded of the 58 patients whom active resuscitation was commenced 34 were transported to hospital and 18 (31%) had return of spontaneous circulation. Question 03: “What number of these survived to discharge? In response to Question 03: April 15 to March 16, 31 Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest with 5 surviving to discharge. April 16 to March 17, 34 Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest with 4 surviving to discharge. Question 04: “What is the number of out of hospital cardiac arrest patients who were sent to the UK for angio/PCI?” In response to Question 04: April 15 to March 16, 7 patients were sent to UK for angio/PCI. April 16 to March 17, 7 patients were sent to UK for angio/PCI Question 05: “What number of these underwent thrombolysis on island? In response to Question 05: April 15 to March 16, 11 underwent thrombolysis on island. April 16 to March 17, 12 underwent thrombolysis on island.
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