Objectives: The objective was to identify high-risk census tracts, defined as those areas that have both a high incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and a low prevalence of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), by using three spatial statistical methods.Methods: This was a secondary analysis of two prospectively collected registries in the city of Columbus, Ohio. Consecutive adult ( ‡18 years) OHCA patients, restricted to those of cardiac etiology and treated by emergency medical services (EMS) from

In this large city, substantial improvement occurred in overall OOHCA survival rates following the implementation of the 2005 AHA guidelines for CPR and ECC. These changes were associated with improvements in the quality of CPR.

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