Acute cardiac care & resuscitation
Emergency response with lights and sirens to patients with a suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and a do-not-attempt-resuscitation order in the hospital record: a one-year observational study
Authors' conclusion
In almost every sixth dispatch to suspected OHCA, the patient had a physician-issued DNAR-order in the hospital record. We call for physician-issued DNAR-orders to be accessible for all healthcare providers, including emergency medical dispatchers and other prehospital personnel.
Study context
- Population
- All emergency dispatches to suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) in 2024 in the Region of Southern Denmarkdispatches to patients with suspected OHCA
- Participants
- 1,695 dispatches
- Exposure
- Patients with do-not-attempt-resuscitation (DNAR) versus the group without DNAR
- DNARn = 266
- Outcome
- Physician-issued DNAR-order in the hospital record
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Dispatches where the patient had a physician-issued DNAR-order
266
15.7%
Of the 266 with DNAR, registered as requested by the patient
126
47.4%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
One-day mortality
- One-day mortality: p < 0.001
Number of units dispatched and arriving at the scene
- No significant difference
Original publication
Emergency response with lights and sirens to patients with a suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and a do-not-attempt-resuscitation order in the hospital record: a one-year observational study. Resuscitation. Published 27 July 2026. doi:10.
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