Informing Utstein-style reporting guidelines for prehospital thrombolysis: A scoping review.

Emergency medical services Emergency treatment Paramedics ST elevation myocardial infarction Thrombolytic therapy Utstein

Journal

Australasian emergency care
ISSN: 2588-994X
Titre abrégé: Australas Emerg Care
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 101727782

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
16 Jan 2024
Historique:
received: 05 07 2023
revised: 08 11 2023
accepted: 10 12 2023
medline: 18 1 2024
pubmed: 18 1 2024
entrez: 17 1 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Rural Australians with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) face higher mortality rates due to limited access to specialised cardiac services. Paramedic-administered prehospital thrombolysis (PHT) has emerged as an alternative to primary percutaneous intervention (pPCI) for patients facing barriers or delays to cardiac care. There is variability in PHT practices among Australian ambulance services, lacking standardised definitions and outcome measures. The aim of this scoping review was to identify quality indicators and influencing factors associated with outcomes for patients receiving PHT. A systematic search of literature in SCOPUS and Academic Search Complete, CINAHL and Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition databases via EBSCO (Health) was conducted following the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology. Peer-reviewed studies from the past decade were screened using search criteria relevant to prehospital thrombolysis and quality indicators. Data extraction was performed and themed using five domains from the Utstein-style template commonly known for standardised prehospital cardiac arrest reporting. After removing duplicates, the search yielded 3596 articles with 28 empirical studies meeting inclusion criteria for the review. These were primarily retrospective cohort studies performed in Australia, Canada and the United States. The scoping review identified 24 clinical quality indicators and factors related to Emergency Medical Service (EMS) systems, AMI recognition and ambulance dispatch, patient variables, PHT processes and patient outcomes. These findings correlate to the Donabedian structure-process-outcome quality of care model and have utility to inform future PHT reporting guidelines for jurisdictional ambulance services. Given the variability in prehospital practice across Australian ambulance services, standardised reporting on quality indicators for PHT is needed. The Utstein-style template used to report data on pre-hospital cardiac arrest, trauma and airway management could be used for quality improvement in PHT. This review presents 24 quality indicators representing system, recognition and response, patient, process, and outcomes related to PHT. These results could be used to inform a future Delphi study and Utstein-like reporting guideline for prehospital thrombolysis.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Rural Australians with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) face higher mortality rates due to limited access to specialised cardiac services. Paramedic-administered prehospital thrombolysis (PHT) has emerged as an alternative to primary percutaneous intervention (pPCI) for patients facing barriers or delays to cardiac care. There is variability in PHT practices among Australian ambulance services, lacking standardised definitions and outcome measures. The aim of this scoping review was to identify quality indicators and influencing factors associated with outcomes for patients receiving PHT.
METHODS METHODS
A systematic search of literature in SCOPUS and Academic Search Complete, CINAHL and Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition databases via EBSCO (Health) was conducted following the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology. Peer-reviewed studies from the past decade were screened using search criteria relevant to prehospital thrombolysis and quality indicators. Data extraction was performed and themed using five domains from the Utstein-style template commonly known for standardised prehospital cardiac arrest reporting.
RESULTS RESULTS
After removing duplicates, the search yielded 3596 articles with 28 empirical studies meeting inclusion criteria for the review. These were primarily retrospective cohort studies performed in Australia, Canada and the United States. The scoping review identified 24 clinical quality indicators and factors related to Emergency Medical Service (EMS) systems, AMI recognition and ambulance dispatch, patient variables, PHT processes and patient outcomes. These findings correlate to the Donabedian structure-process-outcome quality of care model and have utility to inform future PHT reporting guidelines for jurisdictional ambulance services.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Given the variability in prehospital practice across Australian ambulance services, standardised reporting on quality indicators for PHT is needed. The Utstein-style template used to report data on pre-hospital cardiac arrest, trauma and airway management could be used for quality improvement in PHT. This review presents 24 quality indicators representing system, recognition and response, patient, process, and outcomes related to PHT. These results could be used to inform a future Delphi study and Utstein-like reporting guideline for prehospital thrombolysis.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38233295
pii: S2588-994X(23)00090-8
doi: 10.1016/j.auec.2023.12.001
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Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Louis Jenkins (L)

Faculty of Science and Health, School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.

Tania Johnston (T)

Faculty of Science and Health, School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia; Ambulance Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Richard Armour (R)

Faculty of Science and Health, School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Paramedicine, School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.

Sonja Maria (S)

Faculty of Science and Health, School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. Electronic address: smaria@csu.edu.au.

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