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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Resuscitation. 2010 Apr 18;81(7):826–830. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.02.005

Table 1.

Demographics and Episode Characteristics

Bystander witnessed Unwitnessed

All Treated Cardiac Arrest EMS Witnessed Bystander CPR No bystander CPR Bystander CPR No bystander CPR p-value
Total 9991 1022 1898 2206 1471 3394
Age (years) 66.3 (16.9) 67.6 (16.4) 65.8 (16) 68 (15.8) 64.2 (18.3) 66.1 (17.3) <0.001
Age (range) (18,106) (19,100) (18,105) (18,106) (18,103) (18,103)
Female 3642 (37%) 426 (42%) 620 (33%) 730 (33%) 590 (40%) 1276 (38%) <0.001
Sex unknown or missing1 13 (0.1%) 0 (0.0%) 6 (0.3%) 1 (0.0%) 1 (0.1%) 5 (0.1%)
Public location2 1608 (16%) 134 (13%) 545 (29%) 374 (17%) 190 (13%) 365 (11%) <0.001
Location unknown or missing1,2 7 (0.1%) 1 (0.1%) 2 (0.1%) 2 (0.1%) 1 (0.1%) 1 (0.0%)
9-1-1 to arrival3 median (range in min) 5.4 (0,2877) 5.7 (0,2874) 5.5 (0.1,2874) 5.4 (0,2876) 5.5 (0,2877) 5.2 (0,2876) <0.001
9-1-1 to arrival time missing1,3 339 (3.4%) 43 (4.2%) 64 (3.4%) 68 (3.1%) 45 (3.1%) 119 (3.5%)
Epinephrine used 7396 (80%) 649 (69%) 1438 (82%) 1668 (81%) 1139 (83%) 2502 (80%) <0.001
Epinephrine use unknown or missing1 729 (7.3%) 86 (8.4%) 137 (7.2%) 155 (7.0%) 102 (6.9%) 249 (7.3%)

Age presented as mean (SD), 9-1-1 to arrival time presented as median (range), other variables presented as N (%). P-values are ANOVA for means, chi square for percentages and Mood test for medians.

1

Missing is percent of total- all others are percent of reported.

2

Does not include residence, residential institution, or healthcare facility,

3

Reported dispatch time to arrival of first vehicle on-scene.