INTRODUCTION: The aim of the EuReCa ONE study was to determine the incidence, process, and outcome for out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) throughout Europe. METHODS: This was an international, prospective, multi-centre one-month study. Patients who suffered an OHCA during October 2014 who were attended and/or treated by an Emergency Medical Service (EMS) were eligible for inclusion in the study. Data were extracted from national, regional or local registries. RESULTS: Data on 10,682 confirmed OHCAs from 248 regions in 27 countries, covering an estimated population of 174 million. In 7146 (66%) cases, CPR was started by a bystander or by the EMS. The incidence of CPR attempts ranged from 19.0 to 104.0 per 100,000 population per year. 1735 had ROSC on arrival at hospital (25.2%), Overall, 662/6414 (10.3%) in all cases with CPR attempted survived for at least 30 days or to hospital discharge. CONCLUSION: The results of EuReCa ONE highlight that OHCA is still a major public health problem accounting for a substantial number of deaths in Europe. EuReCa ONE very clearly demonstrates marked differences in the processes for data collection and reported outcomes following OHCA all over Europe. Using these data and analyses, different countries, regions, systems, and concepts can benchmark themselves and may learn from each other to further improve survival following one of our major health care events.

Academic Medical Center Amsterdam The Netherlands

Akureyri Hospital University of Akureyri Iceland

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium

Emergency Medical Service of the Central Bohemian Region Kladno and J E Purkinje University Masaryk Hospital Usti nad Labem Czech Republic

Emergency Medical Services Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark

Emergency Medical Services Department of Emergency Medicine University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Helsinki Finland

Empresa Pública de Emergencias Sanitarias Almería Spain

Fondazione Ticino Cuore Breganzona Switzerland

Health Care Centers of Csongrad County Hódmezővásárhely Makó Hungary

Health Service Executive Ballyshannon Ireland

Jagiellonian University Kraków Poland

Konstantopouleio General Hospital Athens Greece

Luxembourg Resuscitation Council Luxembourg

Maastricht University The Netherlands

Mälardalens University Västerås Sweden

Medical Faculty Osijek Josip Juraj Strossmayer University Osijek Croatia

Municipal Institute for Emergency Medicine Novi Sad Serbia

National University of Ireland Galway Ireland

Nicosia General Hospital Cyprus

Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Prehospital Emergency Medicine Oslo Norway

Ospedale Maggiore Carlo Alberto Pizzardi AUSL Bologna Italy

P J Safarik University Kosice Slovakia

Serviço de Emergência Médica Regional SEMER EMIR Portugal

University Hospital Innsbruck Austria

University Hospital of Cologne Germany

University Hospital Schleswig Holstein Dep Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Campus Lübeck Germany

University Hospital Schleswig Holstein Dep Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Kiel Germany; University Hospital Schleswig Holstein Institute for Emergency Medicine Kiel Germany

University Medical Centre Maribor Maribor Slovenia

University of Antwerp Department of Medicine and Health Sciences Antwerp Belgium

University of Borås Sahlgrenska University Hospital Sweden

University of Lille France

University of Medicine and Pharmacy Gr T Popa and University County Hospital Sf Spiridon Iaşi Romania

University of Warwick and Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust Coventry United Kingdom

University Witten Herdecke Cologne Germany

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Resuscitation. 2016 Dec;109:145-146. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.10.001. PubMed

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