Table 2.
Numbers of cardiopulmonary arrests and of patients who survived to discharge, by suitability of site for public access defibrillators
Site
|
Defibrillation
|
No defibrillation
|
All cardiac arrests
|
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Arrests
|
Survived to discharge
|
Arrests
|
Survived to discharge
|
Arrests
|
Survived to discharge
|
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Not suitable | ||||||||
Home | 4880 | 285 | 4509 | 26 | 9 389 | 311 | ||
Public toilet | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 1 | ||
Outdoor space | 117 | 6 | 82 | 0 | 199 | 6 | ||
Street | 1515 | 163 | 510 | 4 | 2 025 | 167 | ||
Car, taxi, truck, van | 123 | 12 | 75 | 0 | 198 | 12 | ||
Total (%, 95% CI) | 6645 | 466 (7.0, 6.4 to 7.7) | 5184 | 31 (0.6, 0.4 to 0.8) | 11 829 | 497 (4.2, 3.8 to 4.6) | ||
Possibly suitable | ||||||||
Bus | 81 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 114 | 5 | ||
Train | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 2 | ||
Golf course | 120 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 164 | 6 | ||
Indoor space | 21 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 44 | 1 | ||
Unspecified | 68 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 106 | 6 | ||
Total (%, 95% CI) | 304 | 19 (6.3, 3.8 to 9.6) | 144 | 1 (0.7, 0.0 to 3.8) | 448 | 20 (4.5, 2.7 to 6.8) | ||
Suitable | ||||||||
Bus station | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
Train station | 28 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 4 | ||
Airport | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
Airplane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Police station | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
Prison | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
Church | 83 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 98 | 10 | ||
Nursing home | 63 | 1 | 98 | 0 | 161 | 1 | ||
Hotel, holiday accommodation | 406 | 29 | 245 | 3 | 651 | 32 | ||
Spectator sport venue | 32 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 17 | ||
Participation sport venue | 224 | 37 | 47 | 0 | 271 | 37 | ||
Bar, restaurant, cinema | 416 | 42 | 88 | 1 | 504 | 43 | ||
Shop, bank, office | 332 | 42 | 60 | 1 | 392 | 43 | ||
School, college, university | 19 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 3 | ||
Other place of work | 320 | 38 | 146 | 2 | 466 | 40 | ||
Total (%, 95% CI) | 1946 | 226 (11.6, 10.2 to 13.0) | 724 | 7 (1.0, 0.4 to 2.0) | 2 670 | 233 (8.7, 7.7 to 9.9) | ||
Overall total | 8895 | 711 (8.0, 7.4 to 8.6) | 6052 | 39 (0.6, 0.5 to 0.9) | 14 947* | 750 (5.0, 4.7 to 5.4) |
Excludes 13 patients with missing data on defibrillation and 229 patients with missing outcome.