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Resources: OHCA Reports, Data Request and Publications

OHCA Data Reports (Yearly)

OHCA data reports are free to download and use. Kindly reference and cite to it using the suggested citations contained in the individual reports after the acknowledgment section.

2021 Report

2021 OHCA Data Report

2020 Report

2020 OHCA Data Report

2019 report

2019 OHCA Data Report

2017-2018 data report

2017-2018 OHCA Data Report

2016 data report

2016 OHCA Data Report

2015 data report

2015 OHCA Data Report

Request for Pre-hospital Data

Researchers from Singapore hospital institutions working on studies requiring pre-hospital data, kindly download the required form below and submit the completed data request form to Ms Asyikin via email at nurul.asyikin.mohd.jalil@upec.sg for processing.

For SCDF pre-hospital data, download this form.
For pre-hospital emergency care (PEC) data, download this form.

For more information and queries, please also drop Ms Asyikin an email. All email responses will be within 3 working days.

UPEC Publications

Published Papers

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Year 2024

Development of prehospital emergency care in Singapore

Year 2023

Does witness type affect the chance of receiving bystander CPR in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?

Year 2022

Inter-hospital trends of post-resuscitation interventions and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Singapore

Impact of covid-19 on barriers to dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Singapore

Year 2021

Impact of COVID-19 on Barriers to Dispatcher-Assisted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Adult Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests in Singapore

An essential review of Singapore’s response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrests: improvements over a ten-year period

myResponder smartphone application to crowdsource basic life support for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: the Singapore experience

Year 2020

Implementation of a national 5‐year plan for prehospital emergency care in Singapore and impact on out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest outcomes from 2011 to 2016

Impact of bystander-focused public health interventions on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and survival: a cohort study

Year 2019

Characteristics of frequent users of emergency medical services in Singapore

Year 2018

Knowledge and attitudes of Singapore schoolchildren learning cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator skills

Year 2017

Comparison of quality of chest compressions during training of laypersons using Push Heart and Little Anne manikins using blinded CPRcards

Measuring the effectiveness of a novel CPRcard™ feedback device during simulated chest compressions by non-healthcare workers

Published Abstracts

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Assessing factors affecting the quality of chest compressions during training for laypersons using a novel CPRcard

Quality of bystander CPR by lay first responders: training versus real-world use of a novel CPR feedback device in Singapore

Meeting abstracts from the first European Emergency Medical Services congress (EMS2016)