Witnessed Cardiac Arrest: Difference between revisions

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For '''in-hospital''' witnessed arrests, code as a witnessed arrest (100-2) only if event was witnessed '''by hospital medical staff''', this does not include house keeping, maintenance or visiting family.

The witnessed cardiac arrest on the wiki is speaking only of "in Hospital" arrests when it requires hospital staff to witness.

For '''out of hospital arrests''' use anyone present as a witness. The only unwitnessed arrests are if no-one is around when the person collapses and no one knows when it occurs and when CPR is delayed because no one could do it.

*see [[:Category:Arrest | Category Arrest]] for general info on coding arrests

*see: [[Unwitnessed Cardiac Arrest]]

*also see [[Respiratory Arrest]]

~~==Discussion==~~

Could an out-of-hospital arrest ever be coded as witnessed? Please don't answer in the discussion section, just delete the discussion and update the definition.[[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 00:05, 5 May 2009 (CDT)

~~Yes and this is the response I got from Laura on this question.~~

The witnessed cardiac arrest on the wiki is speaking only of "in Hospital" arrests when it requires hospital staff to witness. In the community, I use anyone as a witness. The only unwitnessed arrests are if no-one is around when the person collapses and no one knows when it occurs and when CPR is delayed because no one could do it.

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 For '''in-hospital''' witnessed arrests, code as a witnessed arrest (100-2) only if event was witnessed '''by hospital medical staff''', this does not include house keeping, maintenance or visiting family.
+The witnessed cardiac arrest on the wiki is speaking only of "in Hospital" arrests when it requires hospital staff to witness.
+For '''out of hospital arrests''' use anyone present as a witness.  The only unwitnessed arrests are if no-one is around when the person collapses and no one knows when it occurs and when CPR is delayed because no one could do it.
 *see [[:Category:Arrest | Category Arrest]] for general info on coding arrests
 *see: [[Unwitnessed Cardiac Arrest]]
 *also see [[Respiratory Arrest]]
-==Discussion==
-Could an out-of-hospital arrest ever be coded as witnessed? Please don't answer in the discussion section, just delete the discussion and update the definition.[[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 00:05, 5 May 2009 (CDT)
-Yes and this is the response I got from Laura on this question.
-The witnessed cardiac arrest on the wiki is speaking only of "in Hospital" arrests when it requires hospital staff to witness.  In the community, I use anyone as a witness.  The only unwitnessed arrests are if no-one is around when the person collapses and no one knows when it occurs and when CPR is delayed because no one could do it.