Authors of Research: Petravić Luka, Burger
Evgenija, Keše Urša, Kulovec Domen, Lopes Miguel Faria, Miklič Rok, Pintarič
Tilen, Poljanšek Eva, Šircelj Gašper, Tomšič Gašper, Turnšek Ema, Brezovnik
Miha and Strnad Matej

Year of
Research: 2022

Key words: medical sciences, heart diseases, heart arrest, heart attack, heart
stroke, disorders of heart function, cardiac arrest mortality, lifeguards,
treatment of cardiac patients, emergency medical assistance, cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR), hospital care of cardiac patients, defibrillation,
mechanical circulatory support to the heart, cardioverter - defibrillator, drug
application in cardiac arrest, causes of cardiac arrest, place of cardiac
arrest, dispatcher's response to cardiac arrest, eyewitness response to cardiac
arrest, emergency and protective services, heart diseases, resuscitation,
medical care, public health, paramedical personnel,

Out-of-hospital
cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a cardiac event defined as a sudden loss of cardiac
mechanical contraction, with loss of signs of cardiac circulation, that occurs
in an out-of-hospital setting and is associated with high mortality. Slovenia does do not yet
have a registry of cardiac arrests like some other developed countries in
Europe and worldwide, which makes it impossible to adequately process
statistical data that would contribute to a higher quality of patient care. The
purpose of the research was to find out how to better collect OHCA data in
Slovenia. The goal was to create a database that complies with the Utstein 2015
protocol and can combine all data points that are already collected in
Slovenia. The research collected data on out-of-hospital cardiac arrests
according to two standards, that is EuReCa THREE and Utstein 2015. For the
purpose of the research, the authors translated Utstein standard which was
created based on the consensus of international experts into Slovenian language
and added (for easier fulfilment) EuReCa THREE questions to the questionnaire. Data
was collected by doctors who treated the patient in the field as part of the
Emergency medical service. Collection took place from 1 September to 31
December 2022, with active recording (OHCA) of events taking place until the
end of November 2022, after which the patient's condition was monitored for
another month (December 2022). The data file contains n=294 units and is
available upon request.

Cite
the data:

Petravić,
L., Burger, E., Keše, U., Kulovec, D., Lopes, M. F., Miklič, R., Pintarič, T.,
Poljanšek, E., Šircelj, G., Tomšič, G., Turnšek, E., Brezovnik, M. and Strnad,
M. (2024). SiOHCA: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Slovenia, 2022 [Data
file]. Ljubljana: Univerza v Ljubljani = University of Ljubljana, Arhiv
družboslovnih podatkov = Slovenian Social Science Data Archives. ADP - IDNo:
SIOHCA22. https://doi.org/10.17898/ADP_SIOHCA22_V1