Results: 53 cardiac arrests were identified, 2 were incorrectly coded and 2 were duplicate records. Of the 49 records analysed, 16 cardiac arrests were due to acute myocardial infarction. Complete BMI data was available for 24 patients and 10 of these had a BMI greater than 30. Of these, 4 died during admission at an average age of 46.5 years, with an average of 1.25 CVRF compared to 2.5 in survivors. 14 patients had a BMI of 18.5-29.9 with an average age of 74 years, and of these, 3 died during admission with an average of 2.6 CVRF compared to 2.8 in survivors.Conclusion: Cardiac arrests and biometric data are not well documented at Nelson Hospital and improved methods of capturing data are required. Obese patients were less likely to survive cardiac arrest at a younger age with fewer CVRF, compared to patients with a BMI of 18.5-29.9. This may assist future resuscitation discussions.
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