1983 Volume 3 Issue 3 Pages 323-328
The 119 Patients with DOA (Dead on arrival) cases being carried to the Emergency Center of Iwate were analyzed retrospectively during 20 months from November, 1980.
The following results were obtained.
1. Among 119 patients, traumatic patients were 33, and nontraumatic were 86 patients.
2. Of the 119, 102 patients were cardiopulmonary resuscitated. Resuscitation was successful in 24 (23%) who kept alive more 5 hours after resuscitatdon, and only 3 patients were discharged.
3. Unsuccessful cases in resuscitation were 78 (76%). Of these, 8 patients survived 2 or 4 hours and remained 70 could not be resuscitated at all.
4. In successful cases in resuscitation, the interval between arrest and beginning of resuscitation was 23.7±15.3 minutes and the mean resuscitation time was 22.7±21.9 minutes.
5. In unsuccessful cases in resuscitation, the interval between arrest and beginning of resuscitation was 27.9±15.3 minutes and the mean resuscitation time was 35.5±21 minutes.
