TY - JOUR T1 - Out-of-hospital adult cardiac arrests in a university hospital in central Saudi Arabia JF - Saudi Medical Journal JO - Saudi Med J SP - 1071 LP - 1075 DO - 10.15537/smj.2015.9.12081 VL - 36 IS - 9 AU - Hashim M. Bin Salleeh AU - Khalid A. Gabralla AU - William J. Leggio AU - Zohair A. Al Aseri Y1 - 2015/09/01 UR - http://smj.org.sa/content/36/9/1071.abstract N2 - Objectives: To report the characteristics of adult out-of-hospital arrest patients and their outcomes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Methods: This is a prospective descriptive study of out-of-hospital adult arrests incident transported to King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between July 2012 and September 2013.Results: A total of 96 adult patients were enrolled in this study. Males represented 62.5% of the participants. The mean age of the study population was 58.9 years, and specifically 30.8 years for traumatic arrests, and 62.9 for non-traumatic. An over-all mortality rate of 95.8% was documented, as well as a low rate of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation being performed, and a family member transported most patients to the hospital.Conclusion: A low survival rate for non-traumatic out-of-hospital adult arrest patients and a 100% mortality rate in traumatic arrests were discovered. ER -