Table 2.
Patient characteristics.
| Patient characteristics | Number (no.)/value (mean ± SD; range) |
|---|---|
| Patient factors | |
| Age | 63 ± 15 (35–90 years) |
| Gender (m/f) | 19/6 |
| Outcome (survivors/nonsurvivors) | 15/10 |
| Cause of cardiac arrest | |
| Cardiac disease | 18 |
| Respiratory failure | 3 |
| Lung embolism | 1 |
| Asphyxia | 1 |
| Trauma | 1 |
| Unknown | 1 |
| Initial cardiac rhythm | |
| Ventricular fibrillation | 17 |
| Asystole | 8 |
| Event factors | |
| Witnessed collapse | 9 |
| Bystander CPR | 8 |
| Time to ROSC in minutes | 21 ± 13 (5–50 minutes) |
| Number of shocks (n = 17) | 4 ± 3 (1–10) |
| Treatment | |
| Hypothermia/normothermia | 6/7 |