Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support Studies

The Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support (OPALS) Studies were a series of multi-center before-and-after clinical trials looking at the impact of prehospital advanced life support services. The studies have not found the addition of advanced life support services to increase survival to hospital discharge for cardiac arrest patients.

Cardiac Arrest

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  • Phase 1, basic life support with defibrillation, January 1, 1991 to January 31, 1995[1]
  • Phase 2, optimized basic life support, July 1, 1994, to March 31, 1997[2]
  • Phase 3, addition of advanced life support, February 1, 1998, to June 30, 2002[3]

References

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  1. ^ Stiell, IG; Wells, GA; Demaio, VJ; Spaite, DW; Field Bj, 3rd; Munkley, DP; Lyver, MB; Luinstra, LG; Ward, R (1999). "Modifiable factors associated with improved cardiac arrest survival in a multicenter basic life support/defibrillation system: OPALS Study Phase I results. Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support". Annals of Emergency Medicine. 33 (1): 44–50. doi:10.1016/S0196-0644(99)70415-4. PMID 9867885.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Stiell, IG; Wells, GA; Field, BJ; Spaite, DW; De Maio, VJ; Ward, R; Munkley, DP; Lyver, MB; Luinstra, LG (1999). "Improved out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival through the inexpensive optimization of an existing defibrillation program: OPALS study phase II. Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support". JAMA. 281 (13): 1175–81. doi:10.1001/jama.281.13.1175. PMID 10199426.
  3. ^ Stiell, Ian G.; Wells, George A.; Field, Brian; Spaite, Daniel W.; Nesbitt, Lisa P.; De Maio, Valerie J.; Nichol, Graham; Cousineau, Donna; Blackburn, Josée (2004). "Advanced Cardiac Life Support in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest". New England Journal of Medicine. 351 (7): 647–656. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa040325. PMID 15306666.

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