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. 2012 Jun 26;12:8. doi: 10.1186/1471-227X-12-8

Table 3.

Outcomes by initial, presenting rhythm

Initial Rhythm
Survived to hospital (n = 57#)
Survived to hospital discharge (n = 14#)
  No./Total No. Of Patients (%)
No./Total No. Of Patients (%)
A-CPR C-CPR P Value* A-CPR C-CPR P Value*
Shockable rhythm (VF/VT)
10/20 (50)
26/78 (33)
0.20
0/20 (0)
7/78 (9)
0.34
Non-shockable rhythm (Asystole/ PEA) 7/37 (19) 14/116 (12) 0.28 1/37 (3) 6/116 (5) 1.00

# Excludes cases where initial rhythm was ‘unknown’ or ‘other’ *Fisher’s exact test.