16 November 2022
J Bruning
[FYI request #20591 email]
Tēnā koe J Bruning
Your Official Information Act request, reference H2022012873:
Thank you for your email of 16 September 2022 requesting information relating to
Aotearoa New Zealand Cardiac Arrest Registry reports received by the Manatū
Hauora (Ministry of Health).
As part of the health and disability system reforms, as of 1 July 2022 the functions
previously under the Manatū Hauora National Ambulance Sector Office (NASO)
directorate have transferred to Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora).
As the matters you have raised now fall under the functions of Te Whatu Ora, our
agency wil respond to your request, which has been considered under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act). You requested the following:
“Please supply monthly and quarterly Aotearoa New Zealand Cardiac Arrest
Registry reports received by the Ministry of Health July 1 2018 - to July 1 2022.”
Please refer to the chart below for quarterly information on cardiac arrests from 2018
as part of NASOs regular reporting.
St John
Wellington Free Ambulance
Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac Arrest
YEAR MONTH
Events
ROSC
%
Events
ROSC
%
2018 2018-01
49
24
49%
13
10
77%
2018 2018-02
37
22
59%
9
4
44%
2018 2018-03
41
28
68%
10
4
40%
2018 2018-04
44
25
57%
14
8
57%
2018 2018-05
55
33
60%
16
5
31%
2018 2018-06
33
9
27%
15
6
40%
2018 2018-07
58
27
47%
10
5
50%
2018 2018-08
44
24
55%
4
3
75%
2018 2018-09
43
19
44%
2
1
50%
2018 2018-10
57
24
42%
4
4
100%
2018 2018-11
51
26
51%
2
1
50%
2018 2018-12
44
22
50%
5
2
40%
2019 2019-01
34
19
56%
4
3
75%
2019 2019-02
37
21
57%
3
1
33%
2019 2019-03
38
24
63%
7
4
57%
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
83 Molesworth Street, PO Box 5013
Welington New Zealand 6140
St John
Wellington Free Ambulance
Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac Arrest
YEAR MONTH
Events
ROSC
YEAR
MONTH
Events
ROSC
2019 2019-04
35
18
51%
5
2
40%
2019 2019-05
42
22
52%
4
1
25%
2019 2019-06
51
28
55%
5
3
60%
2019 2019-07
48
21
44%
9
6
67%
2019 2019-08
52
23
44%
7
2
29%
2019 2019-09
40
19
48%
8
6
75%
2019 2019-10
59
22
37%
8
4
50%
2019 2019-11
54
29
54%
7
5
71%
2019 2019-12
43
23
53%
3
3
100%
2020 2020-01
49
21
43%
7
4
57%
2020 2020-02
52
22
42%
4
0
0%
2020 2020-03
44
24
55%
3
1
33%
2020 2020-04
47
24
51%
4
3
75%
2020 2020-05
46
23
50%
9
6
67%
2020 2020-06
31
16
52%
3
2
67%
2020 2020-07
56
27
48%
3
0
0%
2020 2020-08
55
26
47%
3
2
67%
2020 2020-09
38
18
47%
4
3
75%
2020 2020-10
50
22
44%
4
4
100%
2020 2020-11
47
19
40%
10
6
60%
2020 2020-12
52
25
48%
8
3
38%
2021 2021-01
42
17
40%
6
2
33%
2021 2021-02
37
19
51%
5
2
40%
2021 2021-03
32
22
69%
5
3
60%
2021 2021-04
35
13
37%
4
3
75%
2021 2021-05
53
27
51%
7
2
29%
2021 2021-06
35
19
54%
9
8
89%
2021 2021-07
52
30
58%
4
1
25%
2021 2021-08
42
15
36%
7
2
29%
2021 2021-09
51
16
31%
2
1
50%
2021 2021-10
44
15
34%
5
2
40%
2021 2021-11
34
12
35%
5
2
40%
2021 2021-12
31
13
42%
7
4
57%
2022 2022-01
45
18
40%
10
8
80%
2022 2022-02
42
16
38%
7
5
71%
2022 2022-03
45
27
60%
3
1
33%
2022 2022-04
51
25
49%
4
1
25%
2022 2022-05
50
21
42%
4
1
25%
2022 2022-06
45
21
47%
2
1
50%
2022 2022-07
45
22
49%
5
1
20%
2022 2022-08
51
22
43%
9
7
78%
2022 2022-09
42
21
50%
3
1
33%
Please note: Return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) includes all events of
successful resuscitations (Defib, CPR, etc).
You may be interested to know that Hato Hone St John publishes its Out-of-Hospital
Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) Registry reports on its website, which may be useful to your
request:
www.stjohn.org.nz/news--info/our-performance/cardiac-arrest-annual-
report/.
You are advised of your right to also raise any concerns with the Office of the
Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at:
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, Te Whatu Ora may
decide to proactively release a copy of this response on our website. Al requester data,
including your name and contact details, wil be removed prior to release.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Adeline Cumings
Group Manager, Primary Health Care System Improvement and Innovation
Commissioning
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