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12-5. Out-of-hospital emergency care

Heart Disease

ORIGINAL OBJECTIVE
12-5. (Developmental) Increase the proportion of eligible persons with witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who receive their first therapeutic electrical shock within 6 minutes after collapse recognition.
Potential data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), AHRQ.
OBJECTIVE WITH REVISIONS
12-5. (Developmental) Increase the proportion of eligible persons with witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who receive their first therapeutic electrical shock within 6 minutes after collapse recognition.
Potential data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), AHRQNational EMS Information System (NEMSIS), National Association of State EMS Directors (NASEMSD) in coordination with U.S. Department of Transportation, NHTSA, and HRSA, Trauma/EMS Systems. 
REVISED OBJECTIVE
12-5. (Developmental) Increase the proportion of eligible persons with witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who receive their first therapeutic electrical shock within 6 minutes after collapse recognition.
Potential data source: National EMS Information System (NEMSIS), National Association of State EMS Directors (NASEMSD) in coordination with U.S. Department of Transportation, NHTSA, and HRSA, Trauma/EMS Systems.

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