According to a new study that was published in the JAMA Network Open journal, there were more deadly and frequent out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) during the pandemic.

The study's results were made based on information gathered from people evaluated by Emergency Medical Services in Seattle and King County, Washington, between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2021.

64.6% of the study patients were men, with a mean age of 64.

On the other hand, 3,142 happened during the pandemic years, while 2,837 happened during pre-pandemic years.

This indicates an increase in OHCA of 10.8%.

When comparing the pandemic to the pre-pandemic period, the unadjusted odds ratio of survival to hospital discharge was 0.77 (95% confidence interval, 0.67 to 0.88).

The authors came to the conclusion that indirect factors made OHCA prevention more difficult than the pandemic itself.