Table 3.

Adjusted odds of performing a resuscitative thoracotomy in all adults with penetrating traumatic injuries and prehospital cardiac arrest based on hospital teaching status (n=13,115)

	Odds Ratio (OR)	95% CI	p-value
Hospital Teaching Status (ref: Non-Teaching)*
Community – Teaching	1.29	0.98 – 1.69	0.06
University – Teaching	1.68	1.31 – 2.17	<0.001

^*Adjusted for age, sex, modified Charlson comorbidity index, SBP, pulse rate, total arrival GCS, Injury severity score, mechanism of penetrating injury, and trauma center level

CI: Confidence Interval; ref: reference group; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; GCS: Glasgow coma scale