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Paediatric OHCA in Australia and NZ: Aus-ROC report

The Epidemiology of Paediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Australia and New Zealand: A Report from The Australasian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Epistry (Aus-ROC)
Resuscitation · 2026-10 · Added 10 October 2026

First Australasian epidemiology report on paediatric OHCA from the Aus-ROC Epistry registry, describing incidence, characteristics and outcomes across Australia and New Zealand — abstract not yet available, so no numbers to quote yet.

Study type

Registry

Design

National registry epidemiology report

Participants

Not reported — abstract not yet available

Main finding

Not yet available — abstract to come

Caveat

Abstract not yet available

Bottom line

Context only

Learning goal

Understand the epidemiology of paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Australia to inform my resuscitation practice.

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