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. 2018 Apr 25;153(6):e180674. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.0674

Table 2. Outcomes of Patients With Traumatic OHCA by the Type of Prehospital Care in the Total Cohorta.

Group Prehospital ROSC One-Month Survival Neurologic Outcome (CPC 1 or 2)
Events, No. (%) Adjusted OR (95% CI) Events, No. (%) Adjusted OR (95% CI) Events, No. (%) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
BLS (n = 1963) 95 (4.8) 1 [Reference] 45 (2.3) 1 [Reference] 14 (0.7) 1 [Reference]
ALS (n = 2419) 204 (8.4) 1.87 (1.43-2.46) 51 (2.1) 1.24 (0.81-1.91) 12 (0.5) 0.90 (0.39-2.04)
By EMS personnel (n = 1591) 110 (6.9) 1.60 (1.19-2.16) 25 (1.6) 0.91 (0.54-1.51) 4 (0.3) 0.47 (0.13-1.35)
By physician (n = 828) 94 (11.4) 2.41 (1.74-3.35) 26 (3.1) 1.94 (1.14-3.25) 8 (1.0) 1.77 (0.66-4.45)

Abbreviations: ALS, advanced life support; BLS, basic life support; CPC, Glasgow-Pittsburgh cerebral performance category; EMS, emergency medical service; OHCA, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; OR, odds ratio; ROSC, return of spontaneous circulation.

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The variables that could influence outcomes after OHCA were included in the models.