Authors
K E Emily Leong, K H Benjamin Leung, Tomas Barry, Yuen Chin Leong
Published in
Resuscitation plus. Volume 31. Pages 101435. Epub Aug 06, 2026.
Abstract
In Penang, Malaysia, an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) registry was established in 2023 to facilitate systematic, sustainable collection and analysis of OHCA cases across the state. This paper describes the development of key data collection processes and presents a descriptive analysis of data captured during the first year of establishment.
An online platform (myOHCA2.0) was developed to abstract data from existing pre-hospital and in-hospital electronic systems, capturing patient, event, response, and outcome characteristics in accordance with the Utstein template. OHCAs occurring between 1st April 2023 and 31st March 2024 were analysed.
A total of 5087 OHCA cases were included in the descriptive analysis. Patients were predominantly male (54.8%) with a median age of 73 years [IQR 61-83]. In total, 16.3% had a resuscitation attempt by EMS. A majority of patients were of either Chinese (52.2%) or Malay (33.0%) ethnicity, and most arrests occurred at home (92.8%). The median ambulance response time was 21 min [IQR 16-29]. Among EMS-attempted resuscitation cases, 47.2% were witnessed by laypersons, bystander CPR was provided in 43.5%, and an AED was applied in only 7.1%. Return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) was achieved in 10.3% of this cohort, while 30-day survival was 1.3%.
OHCA survival rates in Penang remain low despite bystander CPR being performed in nearly half of EMS-attempted resuscitation cases. Prolonged EMS response times and low rates of AED deployment represent targets for intervention.
PMID:
42633267
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 23 Aug 2026.
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