Table 2.
OHCA survival by EMS agency type. Agency-level rates of survival to hospital admission and hospital discharge were adjusted for patient demographic and cardiac arrest factors using hierarchical regression models.
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EMS agency type |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Fire n = 188 |
Private n = 164 |
Gov’t n = 81 |
Other n = 36 |
P-value | |
| Risk-standardized survival to admission rate, % ±SD | 28.9 ± 3.6 | 26.8 ± 3.2 | 27.6 ± 3.5 | 26.8 ± 4.0 | <0.001 |
| Risk-standardized survival rate to hospital discharge, % ±SD | 10.3 ± 1.9 | 9.7 ± 1.7 | 9.8 ± 1.7 | 9.8 ± 1.7 | 0.003 |
Abbreviations: EMS, emergency medical service; SD, standard deviation.