Table 1.

Pediatric Arrest Characteristics by Age

Characteristics	1–8 year old (n=129)		9–17 years old (n=88)		≥18 years old (n=19338)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Sex
Female	55	42.6	40	45.5	7622	39.4
Male	74	57.4	48	54.5	11708	60.5
Unknown	0	0.0	0	0.0	8	0.0
Race
Black	44	34.1	36	40.9	5406	28.0
Caucasian	32	24.8	18	20.5	7611	39.4
Hispanic	23	17.8	11	12.5	1029	5.3
Other	3	2.3	0	0.0	488	2.5
Unknown	27	20.9	23	26.1	4804	24.8
Public Arrest	18	13.9	26	29.5	6141	31.8
Unknown	5	3.9	1	1.1	502	2.6
Witnessed	50	38.8	43	48.9	9260	47.9
Unknown	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	0.0
Who Initiated CPR
EMS personnel	41	31.8	26	29.5	6116	31.6
First Responder	46	35.7	29	33.0	6692	34.6
Layperson	42	32.6	33	37.5	6481	33.5
Unknown	0	0.0	0	0.0	49	0.3
AED Used	21	16.3	18	20.5	5476	28.3
Unknown	0	0.0	0	0.0	5	0.0
Who Applied AED
EMS	3	14.3	6	33.3	929	17.0
First Responder	16	76.2	7	38.9	3926	71.7
Lay Person	2	9.5	5	27.8	620	11.3
Unknown	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0
Initial Rhythm
Asystole	87	67.4	37	42.0	8702	45.0
PEA	17	13.2	15	17.0	3697	19.1
Unknown, unshockable	9	7.0	8	9.1	2339	12.1
VT/VF/ Unknown shockable	15	11.6	28	31.8	4586	23.7
Unknown	1	0.8	0	0.0	14	0.1
ROSC	13	10.1	25	28.4	6444	33.3
Unknown	1	0.8	0	0.0	2	0.0
Survived	2	1.6	14	15.9	1735	9.0
Good Neurological
Outcome	2	100.0	9	64.2	1221	70.4
Unknown	0	0.0	1	7.1	205	11.8