// Include only incidents with patients that were evaluated and care provided

eDisposition.28 = 4228001

AND

// Include only incidents where the unit was the primary prehospital care provider

eDisposition.29 = 4229001 OR 4229007

AND

// Include all cardiac arrests

(

    // include all eArrest.01 documented cardiac arrests

    eArrest.01 = 3001003 OR 3001005

    OR

    // include all eArrest.03 documented resuscitation attempts

    eArrest.03 = 3003001 OR 3003003 OR 3003005

    OR

    // include all providers primary impression = cardiac arrest

    eSituation.11 = I46.9

    OR

    // include all providers secondary impressions = cardiac arrest

    eSituation.12 = I46.9

    OR

    // include all epinephrine 1:10,000 doses that were documented and given

    eMedications.03 = 317361 (NO PN)

    OR

    // include all defibrillation or chest compressions procedures that were documented and attempted

    eProcedures.03 = 450661000124102 OR 426220008 OR 233169004 OR 429283006 OR 89666000 (NO PN)

)

AND

// Exclude incidents with stillborn APGAR scores documented on newborns

eVitals.32 EMPTY OR >0 [DOES NOT EXIST OR EXISTS AND GREATER THAN 0]

    Note: Scenarios below to assist with when to send
    The assumption in the below scenarios is that the incident otherwise meets the criteria for CARES.
    When eVitals.32 doesn’t exist, send the case. (not a newborn)
    When eVitals.32 exists in the run and is documented as greater than 0 in any instance, send the case. (newborn with signs of life)
    When eVitals.32 exists and all instances = 0, do not send the case. (stillborn)

AND // Exclude Traumatic Cardiac Arrest Etiology

eArrest.02 != [NOT EQUAL TO] 3002015

AND

// Exclude incidents dispatched as Transfer/Interfacility/Palliative Care

eDispatch.01 != [NOT EQUAL TO] 2301071

The complete definition of a CARES case is available on page 3 in the CARES data dictionary. An excerpt of page 2 is included below: