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. 2018 Nov 2;7(21):e008771. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.008771

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Survival and favorable neurological outcome according to distance to nearest fire station. Odds ratios of survival to discharge after out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest for patients defibrillated by first responders within 1 mile, 1 to 1.5 miles, 1.5 to 2 miles, and >2 miles, and patients not defibrillated compared with defibrillation by emergency medical services personnel (reference). A, Associations for survival to hospital discharge. B, Associations for a favorable neurological outcome for both unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression analyses. *Adjusted for age, sex, layperson CPR, location of arrest, witnessed arrest status, year of arrest, and neighborhood characteristics (unemployment rate, poverty rate, and percentage of white or other races). CI indicates confidence interval; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; EMS, emergency medical services; OR, odds ratio.