Outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests across 7 countries in Asia: The Pan Asian Resuscitation Outcomes Study (PAROS)

Ong ME 1 , Shin SD 2 , De Souza NN 3 , Tanaka H 4 , Nishiuchi T 5 , Song KJ 2 Show all authors , Ko PC 6 , Leong BS 7 , Khunkhlai N 8 , Naroo GY 9 , Sarah AK 10 , Ng YY 11 , Li WY 12 , Ma MH 13 , PAROS Clinical Research Network

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore; Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore. Electronic address: marcus.ong.e.h@sgh.com.sg
  • 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 3 Singapore Clinical Research Institute Pte Ltd, Singapore, Singapore; Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
  • 4 Department of EMS System, Graduate School, Kokushikan University, Tokyo, Japan
  • 5 Department of Acute Medicine, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
  • 6 Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 7 Emergency Medicine Department, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
  • 8 Department of Emergency Medicine, Rajavithi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 9 Department of Health & Medical Services, ED-Trauma Centre, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • 10 Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital Sungai Buloh, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 11 Medical Department, Singapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore, Singapore
  • 12 Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
  • 13 Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Resuscitation, 2015 Nov;96:100-8.
PMID: 26234891 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.07.026

Abstract

The Pan Asian Resuscitation Outcomes Study (PAROS) Clinical Research Network (CRN) was established in collaboration with emergency medical services (EMS) agencies and academic centers in Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and UAE-Dubai and aims to report out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) and provide a better understanding of OHCA trends in Asia.

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