CARES Publications

Ryan K, Bui MD, Johnson B, Eddens KS, Schmidt A, Ramos WD; CARES Surveillance Group. Drowning in the United States: Patient and scene characteristics using the novel CARES drowning variables. Resuscitation. 187:109788 (2023).

Smida T, Menegazzi J, Scheidler J, Martin PS, Salcido D, Bardes J; CARES Surveillance Group. A retrospective comparison of the King Laryngeal Tube and iGel supraglottic airway devices: A study for the CARES surveillance group. Resuscitation. 188:109812 (2023).

Huebinger R, Panczyk M, Villa N, Al-Araji R, Schulz K, Humphries A, Gill J, Persse D, J Bobrow B. First Responder CPR and Survival Differences in Texas Minority and Lower Socioeconomic Status Neighborhoods. Prehosp Emerg Care. 24:1-7 (2023).

Sutton TS, Bailey DL, Rizvi A, Al-Araji R, Kasliwala Q, Nero T, Scalzo M, Panza G, Mather JF, Orlando R, Hashim S, McKay RG. Racial and ethnic disparities in the treatment and outcomes for witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Connecticut. Resuscitation. 188:109850 (2023).

Coute RA, Nathanson BH, DeMasi S, Mader TJ, Kurz MC; CARES Surveillance Group*. Disability-Adjusted Life Years Due to Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the United States: A CARES Surveillance Group Study. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 16(5):e009786 (2023).

Kotini-Shah P, Blum N, Khosla S, Weber J, Markul E, Tataris K, Campbell T, Vanden Hoek T, Del Rios M. Interhospital variability in Out-of-Hospital cardiac arrest survival in a large metropolitan area. Resusc Plus. 31;14:100385 (2023).

Raj R, Gupta K, Park P, Kevin K, Chan PS, Comparison of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes Between Asians and Whites in the United States. J Am Coll Cardiol. 81(8):1854 (2023).

Mathew S, Harrison N, Ajimal S, Silvagi R, Reece R, Klausner H, Levy P, Dunne R, O'Neil B. Treatment and outcome variation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest among four urban hospitals in Detroit. Resuscitation. 185:109731 (2023).

Ok Ahn K, McNally B, Al-Araji R, Cisneros C, Chan PS. Sex differences in the association between bystander CPR and survival for Out-of-Hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 182:109603 (2022).

Coute RA, Nathanson BH, Kurz MC, Mader TJ; CARES Surveillance Group. Estimating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest burden of disease in the United States. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 5;3(5):e12811 (2022).

Nguyen DD, Spertus JA, Uzendu AI, Kennedy KF, McNally BF, Chan PS. Alignment of targeted temperature management treatment with patients' mortality risk for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 181:110-118 (2022).

Chavez S, Huebinger R, Chan HK, Schulz K, Panczyk M, Villa N, Johnson R, Greenberg R, Vithalani V, Al-Araji R, Bobrow B. Racial/ethnic and gender disparities of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in Texas. Resuscitation. 179:29-35 (2022).

Garcia RA, Spertus JA, Girotra S, Nallamothu BK, Kennedy KF, McNally BF, Breathett K, Del Rios M, Sasson C, Chan PS. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Bystander CPR for Witnessed Cardiac Arrest. N Engl J Med. 387(17):1569-1578 (2022).

Gottula AL, Shaw CR, Gorder KL, Lane BH, Latessa J, Qi M, Koshoffer A, Al-Araji R, Young W, Bonomo J, Langabeer JR, Yannopoulos D, Henry TD, Hsu CH, Benoit JL. Eligibility of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the United States: A geographic information system model. Resuscitation. 180:111-120 (2022).

Chan PS, McNally B, Chang A, Girotra S, Al-Araji R, Mawani M, Ahn KO, Merritt R. Long-Term Outcomes for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Elderly Patients: An Analysis of Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival Data Linked to Medicare Files. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 15(10):e009042 (2022).

Chan PS, Merritt R, Chang A, Girotra S, Kotini-Shah P, Al-Araji R, McNally B. Race and ethnicity data in the cardiac arrest registry to enhance survival: Insights from medicare self-reported data. Resuscitation. 180:64-67 (2022).

Lim SL, Kumar L, Saffari SE, Shahidah N, Al-Araji R, Ng QX, Ho AFW, Arulanandam S, Leong BS, Liu N, Siddiqui FJ, McNally B, Ong MEH. Management of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest during COVID-19: A Tale of Two Cities. J Clin Med. 11(17):5177 (2022).

Odom E, Nakajima Y, Vellano K, Al-Araji R, Coleman King S, Zhang Z, Merritt R, McNally B. Trends in EMS-attended Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival, United States 2015-2019. Resuscitation. 179:88-93 (2022).

Pun PH, Svetkey LP, McNally B, Dupre ME. Facility-Level Factors and Racial Disparities in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation within US Dialysis Clinics. Kidney360. 3(6):1021-1030 (2022).

Malik A, Philip G, Chan PS. Association of ambient air pollution with risk of out of hospital cardiac arrest in the United States. AHJ Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice. 17: 100151 (2022).

Salhi RA, Hammond S, Lehrich JL, O'leary M, Kamdar N, Brent C, Mendes de Leon CF, Mendel P, Nelson C, Forbush B, Neumar R, Nallamothu BK, Abir M, CARES Surveillance Group. The association of fire or police first responder initiated interventions with out of hospital cardiac arrest survival. Resuscitation. 174:9-15 (2022).

Vetter VL, Griffis H, Dalldorf KF, Naim MY, Rossano J, Vellano K, McNally B, Glatz AC; CARES Surveillance Group. Impact of State Laws: CPR Education in High Schools. J Am Coll Cardiol. 79(21):2140-2143 (2022).

Garcia RA, Girotra S, Jones PG, McNally B, Spertus JA, Chan PS; CARES Surveillance Group. Variation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival Across Emergency Medical Service Agencies. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 5(6):e008755 (2022).

Tran AT, Hart AJ, Spertus JA, Jones PG, McNally BF, Malik AO, Chan PS. A risk-adjustment model for patients presenting to hospitals with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Resuscitation. 171:41-47 (2022).

Grubic N, Peng YP, Walker M, Brooks SC; CARES Surveillance Group. Bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator use after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Uncovering disparities in care and survival across the urban-rural spectrum. Resuscitation. 175:150-158 (2022).

Huebinger R, Abella BS, Chavez S, Luber S, Al-Araji R, Panczyk M, Waller-Delarosa J, Villa N, Bobrow B. Socioeconomic status and post-arrest care after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Texas. Resuscitation. 176:107-116 (2022).

Huebinger R, Thomas J, Abella BS, Waller-Delarosa J, Al-Araji R, Witkov R, Villa N, Nikonowicz P, Renbarger T, Panczyk M, Bobrow B. Impact of post-arrest care variation on hospital performance after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resusc Plus. 10:100231 (2022).

Huebinger R, Chavez S, Abella BS, Al-Araji R, Witkov R, Panczyk M, Villa N, Bobrow B.Resuscitation. Race and ethnicity disparities in post-arrest-care in Texas. Resuscitation. 176:99-106 (2022).

Harford S, Darabi H, Heinert S, Weber J, Campbell T, Kotini-Shah P, Markul E, Tataris K, Vanden Hoek T, Del Rios M.Utilizing Community Level Factors to Improve Prediction of Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcome using Machine Learning. Resuscitation. 178:78-84 (2022).

Chavez S, Huebinger R, Chan HK, Gill J, White L, Mendez D, Jarvis JL, Vithalani VD, Tannenbaum L, Al-Araji R, Bobrow B. The impact of COVID-19 on incidence and outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in Texas. Am J Emerg Med. 57:1-5 (2022).

Ashburn NP, Beaver BP, Snavely AC, Nazir N, Winslow JT, Nelson RD, Mahler SA, Stopyra JP. One and Done Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest? Outcomes in a Multiagency United States Study. Prehosp Emerg Care. 26:1-7 (2022).

Harford S, Del Rios M, Heinert S, Weber J, Markul E, Tataris K, Campbell T, Vanden Hoek T, Darabi H. A machine learning approach for modeling decisions in the out of hospital cardiac arrest care workflow. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 22(1):21 (2022).

Rykulski NS, Berger DA, Paxton JH, Klausner H, Smith G, Swor RA, CARES Investigators. The Effect of Missing Data on the Measurement of Cardiac Arrest Outcomes According to Race. Prehosp Emerg Care. doi:10.1080/10903127.2022.2137862 (2022).

Berry C, Olaf MF, Kupas DF, Berger A, Knorr A; CARES Surveillance Group. EMS Agencies with High Rates of Field Termination of Resuscitation and Longer Scene Times Also Have High Rates of Survival. Resuscitation. Oct 16:S0300-9572(21)00398-1 (2021).

Morris NA, Mazzeffi M, McArdle P, May TL, Burke JF, Bradley SM, Agarwal S, Badjatia N, Perman SM, the CARES Surveillance Group. Women receive less targeted temperature management than men following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to early care limitations. Resuscitation. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.10.036 (2021).

Coute RA, Nathanson BH, Kurz MC, DeMasi S, McNally B, Mader TJ. Annual and lifetime economic productivity loss due to adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States: A study for the CARES Surveillance Group. Resuscitation. Oct;167:111-117 (2021).

Naim MY, Griffis HM, Berg RA, Bradley RN, Burke RV, Markenson D, McNally BF, Nadkarni VM, Song L, Vellano K, Vetter V, Rossano JW. Compression-Only Versus Rescue-Breathing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation After Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. J Am Coll Cardiol. 78(10):1042-1052 (2021).

Coute RA, Nathanson BH, Mader TJ, McNally B, Kurz MC. Trend analysis of disability-adjusted life years following adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States: A study from the CARES Surveillance Group. Resuscitation. Jun;163:124-129 (2021).

Kotini-Shah P, Del Rios M, Khosla S, Pugach O, Vellano K, McNally B, Vanden Hoek T, Chan PS. Sex differences in outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States. Resuscitation. Jun;163:6-13 (2021).

Moeller S, Hansen CM, Kragholm K, Dupre ME, Sasson C, Pearson DA, Tyson C, Jollis JG, Monk L, Starks MA, McNally B, Thomas KL, Becker L, Torp-Pedersen C, Granger CB. Race Differences in Interventions and Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in North Carolina, 2010 to 2014. J Am Heart Assoc. Sep 7;10(17):e019082 (2021).

Shin J, Chocron R, Rea T, Kudenchuk P, McNally B, Eisenberg M. Merits of expanding the Utstein case definition for out of hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. Jan;158:88-93 (2021).

Huebinger R, Jarvis J, Schulz K, Persse D, Chan HK, Miramontes D, Vithalani V, Troutman G, Greenberg R, Al-Araji R, Villa N, Panczyk M, Wang H, Bobrow B. Community Variations in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Care and Outcomes in Texas. Prehosp Emerg Care. Apr 13:1-11 (2021).

Huebinger R, Vithalani V, Osborn L, Decker C, Jarvis J, Dickson R, Escott M, White L, Al-Araji R, Nikonowicz P, Villa N, Panczyk M, Wang H, Bobrow B. Community disparities in out of hospital cardiac arrest care and outcomes in Texas. Resuscitation. 163:101-107 (2021).1-107 (2021).

Morris NA, Mazzeffi M, McArdle P, May TL, Waldrop G, Perman SM, Burke JF, Bradley SM, Agarwal S, Figueroa JF, Badjatia N, the CARES Surveillance Group. Hispanic/Latino-Serving Hospitals Provide Less Targeted Temperature Management Following Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. J Am Heart Assoc. 10(24):e017773 (2021).

Hamam MS, Klausner HA, France J, Tang A, Swor RA, Paxton JH, O’Neil BJ, Brent C, Neuumar RW, Dunne RB, Reddi S, Miller JB. Prehospital Tibial Intraosseous Drug Administration is Associated with Reduced Survival Following Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A study for the CARES Surveillance Group. Resuscitation. 167:261-266 (2021).

Swor RA, Chen N, Song J, Paxton JH, Berger DA, Miller JB, Pribble J, Reynolds JC. Hospital length of stay, do not resuscitate orders, and survival for post-cardiac arrest patients in Michigan: A study for the CARES Surveillance Group. Resuscitation. 165:119-126 (2021).

Abir M, Fouche S, Lehrich J, Goldstick J, Kamdar N, O’Leary M, Nelson C, Mendel P, Nham W, Setodji C, Domeier R, Hsu A, Shields T, Salhi R, Neumar RW, Nallamothu BK, CARES Surveillance Group. Variation in pre-hospital outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Michigan. Resuscitation. 158:201-207 (2021).

Berger DA, Chen NW, Miller JB, Welch RD, Reynolds JC, Pribble JM, Swor DO RA; CARES Surveillance Group. Substantial variation exists in post-cardiac arrest outcomes across Michigan hospitals. Resuscitation. Feb;159:97-104 (2021).

Hofacker SA, Dupre ME, Vellano K, McNally B, Starks MA, Wolf M, Svetkey LP, Pun PH. Association between patient race and staff resuscitation efforts after cardiac arrest in outpatient dialysis clinics: A study from the CARES surveillance group. Resuscitation. Nov;156:42-50 (2020).

Salhi RA, Fouche S, Mendel P, Nelson C, Fetters MD, Guetterman T, Forman J, Nham W, Goldstick JE, Lehrich J, Forbush B, Iovan S, Hsu A, Shields TA, Domeier R, Setodji CM, Neumar RW; CARES Surveillance Group, Nallamothu BK, Abir M. Enhancing Prehospital Outcomes for Cardiac Arrest (EPOC) study: sequential mixed-methods study protocol in Michigan, USA. BMJ Open. Nov 27;10(11):e041277 (2020).

Tram J, Pressman A, Chen NW, Berger DA, Miller J, Welch RD, Reynolds JC, Pribble J, Hanson I, Swor R. Percutaneous mechanical circulatory support and survival in patients resuscitated from Out of Hospital cardiac arrest: A study from the CARES surveillance group. Resuscitation. 158:122-129 (2020).

Ryan KM, Bui MD, Dugas JN, Zvonar I, Tobin JM. Impact of prehospital airway interventions on outcome in cardiac arrest following drowning: A study from the CARES Surveillance Group. Resuscitation.163:130-135 (2020).

Chan P, Girotra S, Tang Y, Al-Araji R, Nallamothu B, McNally B. Outcomes for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the United States During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic. JAMA Cardiol. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.6210.

Coute R, Nathanson B, Kurz M, McNally B, Mader T, The CARES Surveillance Group. The association between scene time interval and neurologic outcome following adult bystander witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Am J Emergency Med. 10:10-16 (2020).

Tobin J, Ramos W, Greenshields Joel, Dickinson S, Rossano J, Wernicki P, Markenson D, Vellano K, McNally B. Outcome of Conventional Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Cardiac Arrest Following Drowning. Prehosp Disaster Med. 35(2):141-147 (2020).

Natalzia P, Murk W, Thompson J, Dorsett M, Cushman J, Reed P, Clemency P, The CARES Surveillance Group. Evidence-based crisis standards of care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in a pandemic. Resuscitation. 156: 149-156 (2020).

Chan P, McNally B, Vellano K, Tang Y, Spertus JA. Association of Neighborhood Race and Income With Survival After Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest. J Am Heart Assoc. 9:e014178 (2020).

Kragholm K, Hansen CM, Dupre ME, Strauss B, Tyson C, Monk L, Pearson DA, Nelson RD, Fosbøl EL, Starks M, Jollis JG, Shin J, Rea T, McNally B, Granger CB. Care and outcomes of urban and non-urban out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients during the HeartRescue Project in Washington state and North Carolina. Resuscitation. 152: 5-15 (2020).

Jones CG, Rappold AG, Vargo J, Cascio WE, Kharrazi M, McNally B, Hoshiko S, and the CARES Surveillance Group. Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests and Wildfire-Related Particulate Matter During 2015–2017 California Wildfires. J Am Heart Assoc. 9:e014125 (2020).

A Granfeldt, MJ Holmberg, MW Donnino, Andersen LW, and the CARES Surveillance Group. 2015 Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and survival after adult and pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 0: 1-9 (2020).

Kiguchi T, Okubo M, Nishiyama C, Maconochie I, Ong M, Kern KB, Wyckoff MH, McNally B, Christensen EF, Tjelmeland I, Herlitz J, Perkins GD, Booth S, Finn J, Shahidah N, Shin SD, Bobrow BJ, Morrison LJ, Salo A, Baldi E, Burkart R, Lin CH, Jouven X, Soar J, Nolan JP, Iwami T. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest across the World: First report from the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). Resuscitation. 152: 39-49 (2020).

Pun PH, Dupre ME, Starks MA, Tyson C, Vellano K, Svetkey LP, Hansen S, Frizzelle BG, McNally B, Jollis JG, Al-Khatib SM, Granger CB; CARES Surveillance Group. Outcomes for Hemodialysis Patients Given Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Cardiac Arrest at Outpatient Dialysis Clinics. J Am Soc Nephrol. [Epub ahead of print] (2019).

Chen J, Seetharam K, Reginauld S, Lerakis S; CARES Surveillance Group. Higher Walk Score is associated with higher rates of bystander automated external defibrillator use in street-level cardiac arrest from Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival registry. J Cardiovasc Med. 20(12):859-860(2019).

Griffis H, Wu L, Naim MY, Bradley R, Tobin J, McNally B, Vellano K, Quan L, Markenson D, Rossano JW; CARES Surveillance Group. Characteristics and outcomes of AED use in pediatric cardiac arrest in public settings: The influence of neighborhood characteristics. Resuscitation. 146:126-131 (2019).

Cone DC, Burns K, Maciejewski K, Dziura J, McNally B, Vellano K; CARES Surveillance Group. Sudden cardiac arrest survival in HEARTSafe communities. Resuscitation. 146:13-18 (2019).

Del Rios M, Weber J, Pugach O, Nguyen H, Campbell T, Islam S, Stein Spencer L, Markul E, Bunney EB, Vanden Hoek T. Large urban center improves out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival. Resuscitation. 139:234-240 (2019).

Amen A, Karabon P, Bartram C, Irwin K, Dunne R, Wolff M, Daya MR, Vellano K, McNally B, Jacobsen RC, Swor R, Cares Surveillance Group. Disparity in Receipt and Utilization of Telecommunicator CPR Instruction. Prehosp Emerg Care. 13:1-6 (2019).

Glober NK, Tainter CR, Abramson TM, Staats K, Gilbert G, Kim D. A simple decision rule predicts futile resuscitation of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 142:8-13. (2019).

Naim MY, Griffis HM, Burke RV, McNally BF, Song L, Berg RA, Nadkarni VM, Vellano K, Markenson D, Bradley RN, Rossano JW. Race/Ethnicity and Neighborhood Characteristics Are Associated With Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the United States: A Study From CARES. J Am Heart Assoc. 8(14): e012637 (2019).

Coute RA, Nathanson BH, Panchal AR, Kurz MC, Haas NL, McNally B, Neumar RW, Mader TJ. Disability-Adjusted Life Years Following Adult Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the United States. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 12(3):e004677 (2019).

Balian S, Buckler DG, Blewer AL, Bhardwaj A, Abella BS; CARES Surveillance Group. Variability in survival and post-cardiac arrest care following successful resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 137:78-86. (2019).

Pun P, Dupre ME, Starks MA, Tyson C, Vellano K, Svetkey LP, Hansen S, Frizzelle BG, McNally B, Jollis JG, Al-Khatib SM, Granger CB; CARES Surveillance Group. Outcomes for Hemodialysis Patients Given Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Cardiac Arrest at Outpatient Dialysis Clinics. J Am Soc Nephrol. [Epub ahead of print] (2019).

Hansen SM, Hansen CM, Fordyce CB, Dupre ME, Monk L, Tyson C, Torp-Pedersen C, McNally B, Vellano K, Jollis J, Granger CB; CARES Surveillance Group. Association Between Driving Distance From Nearest Fire Station and Survival of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. J Am Heart Assoc. 7(21) (2018).

Bradley SM, Liu W, McNally B, Vellano K, Henry TD, Mooney MR, Burke MN, Brilakis ES, Grunwald GK, Adhaduk M, Donnino M, Girotra S, for the CARES Surveillance Group. Temporal Trends in the Use of Therapeutic Hypothermia for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. JAMA Network Open. 1(7):e184511 (2018).

Kearney K, Maynard C, Smith B, Rea TD, Beatty A, McCabe JM. Performance of Coronary Angiography and Intervention after Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Resuscitation. 133:141-146 (2018).

Hansen CM, Kragholm K, Dupre ME, Pearson DA, Tyson C, Monk L, Rea TD, Starks MA, Nelson D, Jollis JG, McNally B, Corbett CM, Granger CM. Association of Bystander and First-Responder Efforts and Outcomes According to Sex: Results From the North Carolina HeartRescue Statewide Quality Improvement Initiative. J Am Heart Assoc. 7(18) (2018).

May S, Zhang L, Foley D, Brennan E, O'Neil B, Bork E, Levy P, Dunne R. Improvement in Non-Traumatic, Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival in Detroit From 2014 to 2016. J Am Heart Assoc. 7(16) (2018).

El-Assaad I, Al-Kindi SG, McNally B, Vellano K, Worley S, Tang AS, Aziz PF; CARES Surveillance Group. Automated External Defibrillator Application Before EMS Arrival in Pediatric Cardiac Arrests. Pediatrics. 142:4 (2018).

Coute RA, Shields TA, Cranford JA, Ansari S, Abir M, Tiba MH, Dunne R, O'Neil B, Swor R, Neumar RW; SaveMiHeart Consortium and the CARES Surveillance Group. Intrastate Variation in Treatment and Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Prehosp Emerg Care . Apr 6:1-10 (2018).

Masterson S, McNally B, Cullinan J, Vellano K, Escutnaire J, Fitzpatrick D, Perkins GD, Koster RW, Nakajima Y, Pemberton K, Quinn M, Smith K, Jónsson BS, Strömsöe A, Tandan M, Vellinga A. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival in international airports. Resuscitation . 127:58-62 (2018).

Andersen LW, Holmberg MJ, Granfeldt A, Løfgren B, Vellano K, McNally BF, Siegerink B, Kurth T, Donnino MW, CARES Surveillance Group. Neighborhood characteristics, bystander automated external defibrillator use, and patient outcomes in public out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation . 126:72-79 (2018).

Shah M, Bartram C, Irwin K, Vellano K, McNally B, Gallagher T, Swor R. Evaluating Dispatch-Assisted CPR Using the CARES Registry. Prehosp Emerg Care. Dec 8:1-7 (2017).

Fordyce CB, Hansen CM, Kragholm K, Dupre ME, Jollis JG, Roettig ML, Becker LB, Hansen SM, Hinohara TT, Corbett CC, Monk L, Nelson RD, Pearson DA, Tyson C, van Diepen S, Anderson ML, McNally B, Granger CB. Association of Public Health Initiatives With Outcomes for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest at Home and in Public Locations. JAMA Cardiol. 2(11):1226-1235 (2017).

Hansen ML, Lin A, Eriksson C, Daya M, McNally B, Fu R, Yanez D, Zive D, Newgard C, CARES surveillance group. A comparison of pediatric airway management techniques during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using the CARES database. Resuscitation. 120:51-56 (2017).

van Diepen S, Girotra S, Abella BS, Becker LB, Bobrow BJ, Chan PS, Fahrenbruch C, Granger CB, Jollis JG, McNally B, White L, Yannopoulos D, Rea TD. Multistate 5-Year Initiative to Improve Care for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Primary Results From the HeartRescue Project. J Am Heart Assoc. 22;6(9) (2017).

Kragholm K, Malta Hansen C, Dupre ME, Xian Y, Strauss B, Tyson C, Monk L, Corbett C, Fordyce CB, Pearson DA, Fosbøl EL, Jollis JG, Abella BS, McNally B, Granger CB. Direct Transport to a Percutaneous Cardiac Intervention Center and Outcomes in Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 10(6) (2017).

Tobin JM, Ramos WD, Pu Y, Wernicki PG, Quan L, Rossano JW. Bystander CPR is associated with improved neurologically favourable survival in cardiac arrest following drowning. Resuscitation. 115:39-43 (2017).

Mader TJ, Westafer LM, Nathanson BH, Villarroel N, Coute RA, McNally BF. Targeted Temperature Management Effectiveness in the Elderly: Insights from a Large Registry. Ther Hypothermia Temp Manag. 7(4):222-230 (2017).

Adabag S, Hodgson L, Garcia S, Anand V, Frascone R, Conterato M, Lick C, Wesley K, Mahoney B, Yannopoulos D. Outcomes of sudden cardiac arrest in a state-wide integrated resuscitation program: Results from the Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium. Resuscitation. 110:95-100 (2017).

Naim MY, Burke RV, McNally BF, Song L, Griffis HM, Berg RA, Vellano K, Markenson D, Bradley RN, Rossano JW. Association of Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation With Overall and Neurologically Favorable Survival After Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the United States: A Report From the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival Surveillance Registry. JAMA Pediatr. 171(2):133-141 (2017).

Hubble MW, Tyson C. Impact of Early Vasopressor Administration on Neurological Outcomes after Prolonged Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Prehosp Disaster Med. 32(3):297-304 (2017).

Buckler DG, Burke RV, Naim MY, MacPherson A, Bradley RN, Abella BS, Rossano JW, CARES Surveillance Group. Association of Mechanical Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Device Use With Cardiac Arrest Outcomes: A Population-Based Study Using the CARES Registry (Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival). Circulation. 134(25):2131-2133 (2016).

Youngquist ST, Ockerse P, Hartsell S, Stratford C, Taillac P. Mechanical chest compression devices are associated with poor neurological survival in a statewide registry: A propensity score analysis. Resuscitation. 106:102-7 (2016).

Girotra S, van Diepen S, Nallamothu BK, Carrel M, Vellano K, Anderson ML, McNally N, Abella B, Sasson C, Chan PS; in collaboration with CARES Surveillance Group and the HeartRescue Project. Regional Variation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival in the United States. Circulation. 133(22):2159-68 (2016).

Pearson DA, Darrell Nelson R, Monk L, Tyson C, Jollis JG, Granger CB, Corbett C, Garvey L, Runyon MS. Comparison of team-focused CPR vs standard CPR in resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Results from a statewide quality improvement initiative. Resuscitation. 105:165-72. (2016).

Rao MP, Dupre ME, Pokorney SD, Hansen CM, Tyson C, Monk L, Pearson DA, Nelson RD, Myers B, Jollis JG, Granger CB. Therapeutic Hypothermia for Patients with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in North Carolina. Prehosp Emerg Care. 20(5):630-6. (2016).

Mader TJ, Nathanson BH, Coute RA, McNally BF. A Descriptive Analysis of Therapeutic Hypothermia Application Across Adult Age Groups. Ther Hypothermia Temp Manag. 6(3):140-5 (2016).

Chan P, McNally B, Nallamothu BK, Tang F, Hammill BG, Spertus JA, Curtis LH. Long-Term Outcomes Among Elderly Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Journal of the American Heart Association. 5: e002924 (2016).

Hansen CM, Kragholm K, Granger CB, Pearson DA, Tyson C, Monk L, Corbett C, Nelson RD, Dupre ME, Fosbøl EL, Strauss B, Fordyce CB, McNally B, Jollis JG. The role of bystanders, first responders, and emergency medical service providers in timely defibrillation and related outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Results from a statewide registry. Resuscitation. 96:303-9 (2015).

Vyas A, Chan PS, Cram P, Nallamothu BK, McNally B, Girotra S. Early Coronary Angiography and Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, 2015. Circulation: Cardiovascular Intervention. 8(10):1-7 (2015).

Jayaram N, McNally B, Tang F, Chan P. Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Children. Journal of the American Heart Association. 4:1-8 (2015).

Hansen MC, Kragholm K, Pearson DA, Tyson C, Monk L, Myers B, Nelson D, Dupre ME, Fosbøl EL, Jollis JG, Strauss B, Anderson ML, McNally B, Granger CB. Association of Bystander and First-Responder Intervention With Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in North Carolina, 2010-2013. JAMA. 314(3):255-64 (2015).

Andersen LW, Bivens MJ, Giberson T, Giberson B, Mottley JL, Gautam S, Salciccioli JD, Cocchi MN, McNally B, Donnino MW. The relationship between age and outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients. Resuscitation. 94:49-54 (2015).

Chan PS, McNally B, Tang F, Kellermann A. Recent Trends in Survival from Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the United States. Circulation. 130:1876-1882 (2014).

Fosbøl EL, Dupre ME, Strauss B, Swanson DR, Myers B, McNally BF, Anderson ML, Bagai A, Monk L, Garvey JL, Bitner M, Jollis JG, Granger CB. Association of neighborhood characteristics with incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and rates of bystander-initiated CPR: implications for community-based education intervention. Resuscitation. 85(11):1512-7 (2014).

Johnson MA, Grahan BJ, Haukoos JS, McNally B, Campbell R, Sasson C, Slattery DE. Demographics, bystander CPR, and AED use in out-of-hospital pediatric arrests. Resuscitation. 85(7):920-6 (2014).

Mader TJ, Nathanson BH, Soares WE, Coute RA, McNally BF. Comparative Effectiveness of Therapeutic Hypothermia After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Insight from a Large Data Registry. Ther Hypothermia Temp Manag. 4(1):21-31 (2014).

McMullan J, Gerecht R, Bonomo J, Robb R, McNally B, Donnelly J, Wang HE, CARES Surveillance Group. Airway management and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcome in the CARES registry. Resuscitation. 85(5):617-22 (2014).

Bagai A, McNally BF, Al-Khatib SM, Myers JB, Kim S, Karlsson L, Torp-Pedersen C, Wissenberg M, van Diepen S, Fosbol EL, Monk L, Abella BS, Granger CB, Jollis JG. Temporal differences in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and survival. Circulation. 128(24):2595-602 (2013).

Abrams HC, McNally B, Ong M, Moyer PH, Dyer KS. A composite model of survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES). Resuscitation. 84(8):1093-8 (2013).

Root ED, Gonzales L, Persse DE, Hinchey PR, McNally B, Sasson C. A tale of two cities: the role of neighborhood socioeconomic status in spatial clustering of bystander CPR in Austin and Houston. Resuscitation. 84(6):752-9 (2013).

Johnson MA, Haukoos JS, Larabee TM, Daugherty S, Chan PS, McNally B, Sasson C. Females of childbearing age have a survival benefit after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 84(5):639-44 (2013).

Swor R, Grace H, McGovern H, Weiner M, Walton E. Cardiac arrests in schools: assessing use of automated external defibrillators (AED) on school campuses. Resuscitation. 84(4):426-9 (2013).

Sasson C, Magid DJ, Chan P, Root ED, McNally BF, Kellermann AL, Haukoos JS. Association of neighborhood characteristics with bystander-initiated CPR. N Engl J Med. 367(17):1607-15 (2012).

Mader TJ, Nathanson BH, Millay S, Coute RA, Clapp M, McNally B, CARES Surveillance Group. Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest outcomes stratified by rhythm analysis. Resuscitation. 83(11):1358-62 (2012).

Cudnik MT, Sasson C, Rea TD, Sayre MR, Zhang J, Bobrow BJ, Spaite DW, McNally B, Denninghoff K, Stolz U. Increasing hospital volume is not associated with improved survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of cardiac etiology. Resuscitation. 83(7):862-8 (2012).

Sasson C, Cudnik MT, Nassel A, Semple H, Magid DJ, Sayre M, Keseg D, Haukoos JS, Warden CR, Columbus Study Group. Identifying high-risk geographic areas for cardiac arrest using three methods for cluster analysis. Acad Emerg Med. 19(2):139-46 (2012).

Govindarajan P, Lin L, Landman A, McMullan JT, McNally BF, Crouch AJ, Sasson C. Practice variability among the EMS systems participating in Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES). Resuscitation. 83(1):76-80 (2012).

McNally B, Robb R, Mehta M, Vellano K, Valderrama AL, Yoon PW, Sasson C, Crouch A, Perez AB, Merritt R, Kellermann A. Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Surveillance — Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES), United States, October 1, 2005–December 31, 2010. MMWR Surveill Summ. 60(8):1-19 (2011).

Sasson C, Keirns CC, Smith DM, Sayre MR, Macy ML, Meurer WJ, McNally BF, Kellermann AL, Iwashyna TJ. Examining the contextual effects of neighborhood on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and the provision of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Resuscitation. 82(6):674-9 (2011).

McNally B, Crouch A, Perez A, Mehta M, Robb R, Vellano K, Kellermann A, Sasson C. CARES: The Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival. System Attributes of an Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Surveillance Registry. An article in the 2011 Joint Commission monograph: Sudden Cardiac Arrest: Meeting the Challenge (2011).

Sasson C, Keirns CC, Smith D, Sayre M, Macy M, Meurer W, McNally BF, Kellermann AL, Iwashyna TJ, CARES Study Group. Small area variations in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: does the neighborhood matter? Ann Intern Med. 153(1):19-22 (2010).

McNally B, Stokes A, Crouch A, Kellermann AL, CARES Surveillance Group. CARES: Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival. Ann Emerg Med. 54(5):674-683 (2009).

Sasson C, Hegg AJ, Macy M, Park A, Kellermann A, McNally B, CARES Surveillance Group. Prehospital termination of resuscitation in cases of refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. JAMA. 300(12):1432-8 (2008).