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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Resuscitation. 2010 Jan 13;81(5):524–529. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.006

TABLE 3.

Characteristics of subjects versus hospital bed number and cardiac catheterization (CATH) capability. Designations are the same as in TABLE 2.

Total

N=4087
Large
CATH
N=897
Medium
CATH
N=790
Small
CATH
N=963
Large
No CATH
N=277
Med
No CATH
N=396
Small
No CATH
N=529

Median Age in years (IQR) 66 (25) 65 (27) 62 (23) 65 (24) 71 (22) 69 (24) 68 (22)

%Male 63% 62% 64% 60% 62% 64% 64%

Median Interval Dispatch to EMS Arrival in min (IQR) 5.0 (3.0) 5.0 (3.0) 5.0 (2.0) 5.0 (2.0) 6.0 (2.0) 5.0 (3.0) 6.0 (3.0)

Initial ECG Rhythm
 VF/VT 41% 40% 37% 41% 44% 44% 40%
 PEA 23% 21% 26% 27% 14% 16% 24%
 Asystole 22% 21% 24% 22% 28% 23% 19%

Witnessed Collapse
 EMS 14% 13% 14% 13% 16% 12% 13%
 Bystander 51% 51% 48% 50% 55% 54% 52%
 None 29% 26% 28% 28% 29% 33% 31%