2. Professional provided CPR.
Outcome | Continuous chest compression with asynchronous rescue breathing (raw data as provided in trial report) | Interrupted chest compression plus ventilation (raw data as provided in trial report) |
Survival to hospital discharge (n/total n (%)) | 1129/12,613 (9.0) | 1072/11,035 (9.7) |
Survival to hospital admission (n/total n (%)) | 3108/12,653 (24.6) | 2860/11,058 (25.9) |
Neurological outcomes at hospital discharge (measured with modified Rankin scale ≤3) — (n/total n (%)) | 883/12,560 (7.0) | 844/10,995 (7.7) |
Return of spontaneous circulation at ED arrival (n/total n (%)) | 3058/12,646 (24.2) | 2799/11,051 (25.3) |
Adverse events (n/total n(%)) | 6889/12653 (54.4) | 6127/11058 (55.4) |
Data taken from Table 3 and from supplementary material provided in Nichol 2015.
Abbreviations and acronyms
ED: emergency department
n: number
Scores on the modified Rankin scale 3 or less indicates a favourable neurological function (0 indicates no symptoms and 6 indicates death).