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. 2002 Sep 7;325(7363):515. doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.515

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
Arrests
Survived to discharge
Arrests
Survived to discharge
Arrests
Survived to discharge
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.