Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation: two years experience in a new teaching center

Cardiac arrest calls at a new tertiary referral hospital are reviewed over a two year period. The formation of a committee responsible for conducting and supervising the resuscitation team is outlined. There were 146 calls for 120 patients. 49 patients [40.8%] were initially resuscitated and 8 [6.66%] of these were discharged home. Age did not appear to influence the prognosis. Coronary heart disease was the commonest pathology [40%] and ventricular fibrillation and tachycardia were the leading causes of cardiac arrest