英文摘要 |
Purposes: This study aimed to investigate the reasons and frequency of common interruptions of >10s in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) implementation by emergency medical technicians (EMTs) using an emergency rescue quality control system and explore its effect on the first-aid performance by EMTs and rate of pre-hospital return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the emergency rescue quality control system was used for the EMT operation procedures intervention. The research tools included the 'New Taipei City Government Fire Department's electronic emergency rescue records,' 'video records of emergency rescue cases of the fifth corps,' and 'automatic external defibrillator (AED) case records of the fifth corps.' This study used convenience sampling to select the data of pre-hospital OHCA emergency rescue cases from January to May 2019 and September 2019 to May 2020 from the fifth emergency and rescue corps of the New Taipei City Government Fire Department for analysis. Results: The reasons with the highest frequency for the interruption of CPR by EMTs for >10s were AED analysis, patient handling, and mechanical CPR set-up. The emergency rescue quality control system had the most significant effect on the 'CPR compression quality' of EMT first-aid performance and significantly elevated the rate of pre-hospital ROSC in patients with OHCA. Conclusions: The emergency rescue quality control system identified the common reasons and frequency of interruptions of CPR implementation by EMTs. After the operation procedures intervention, the EMT first-aid performance and rate of pre-hospital ROSC in patients with OHCA improved. This was only a short-term study; therefore, a long-term study is recommended to further validate the intervention effectiveness of the emergency rescue quality control system. |