NCEMI eTools

Cardiac arrest: likelihood of mortality and neurologic recovery

A score for predicting the outcome of cardiac arrest in an adult population

Score: 0 94% Mortality 0% will have neurologic recovery
Assessment
0	94% Mortality 0% will have neurologic recovery
1	63% Mortality 29% will have neurologic recovery
2	45% Mortality 58% will have neurologic recovery
3	19% Mortality 85% will have neurologic recovery

Time to return of spontaneous circulation

	Less than 25 minutes 1 points
	More than or equal to 25 minutes 0 points

Systolic blood pressure in ED

	Greater than or equal to 90 mmHg 1 points
	Less than 90 mmHg 0 points

Initial neurologic status in ED

	Alert and oriented, or arousable but not oriented, or spontaneously moves extremities 1 points
	Unresponsive or has only simple reflexes 0 points