Table 1.
Patient characteristics presented as per UTSTEIN template
| Data name | Total no. (%) | Male no. (%) | Female no. (%) |
| Absence of signs of circulation and/or considered for resuscitation | 500 (100%) | 345 of 500 (69%) | 155 of 500 (31%) |
| Resuscitation not attempted | 67 of 500 (13%) | 39 of 345 (11%) | 28 of 155 (18%) |
| Do Not Attempt Resuscitation order present | 6 (1%) | 4 | 2 |
| Attempt considered futile | 61 (12%) | 35 | 26 |
| Signs of circulation present | Excluded | ||
| Resuscitations attempted | 433 of 500 (87%) | 306 of 345 (89%) | 127 of 155 (82%) |
| Any defibrillation attempt | 216 (50%) | 162 (53%) | 54 (43%) |
| Chest compressions (and/or Lund University Cardiopulmonary Assist System) | 328 (76%) | 229 (75%) | 99 (78%) |
| Aetiology (multiple entry possible) | |||
| Presumed cardiac | 343 of 433 (79%) | 242 | 101 |
| Trauma | 15 of 433 (3%) | 11 | 4 |
| Submersion | 6 of 433 (1%) | 5 | 1 |
| Respiratory | 22 of 433 (5%) | 17 | 5 |
| Other non-cardiac | 39 of 433 (9%) | 27 | 12 |
| Unknown | 96 of 433 (22%) | 64 | 32 |
| Arrest witnessed/monitored | 287 of 433 (66%) | 200 of 306 (65%) | 87 of 127 (69%) |
| Laypersons | 240 (84%) | 166 | 74 |
| Healthcare providers | 47 (16%) | 34 | 13 |
| Arrest not witnessed | 146 of 433 (34%) | 106 of 306 (35%) | 40 of 127 (31%) |
| First monitored rhythm shockable | 216 of 433 (50%) | 162 of 306 (53%) | 54 of 127 (43%) |
| Ventricular Fibrillation | 198 (46%) | 150 (49%) | 48 (38%) |
| Ventricular Tachycardia | 13 (3%) | 8 (3%) | 5 (4%) |
| Unknown AED shockable rhythm | 5 (1%) | 4 (1%) | 1 (1%) |
| First monitored rhythm non-shockable | 217 of 433 (50%) | 144 of 306 (47%) | 73 of 127 (57%) |
| Asystole | 112 (26%) | 79 (26%) | 33 (26%) |
| Pulseless Electrical Activity | 78 (18%) | 48 (16%) | 30 (24%) |
| Bradycardia | 26 (6%) | 16 (5%) | 10 (8%) |
| Other | 1 (0%) | 1 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Unknown AED non-shockable rhythm | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| CPR before Emergency Medical Services (EMS) | 312 of 433 (72%) | 225 (74%) | 87 (69%) |
| Use of AED before EMS | 198 of 433 (46%) | 150 of 306 (49%) | 48 of 127 (38%) |
| Percentage AED use of CPR before EMS | 198 of 312 (63%) | 150 of 225 (67%) | 48 of 87 (55%) |
| Defibrillation by AED | 108 of 198 (55%) | 88 (59%) | 20 (42%) |
| ROSC after AED | 23 of 198 (12%) | 21 (14%) | 2 (4%) |
| Any ROSC | |||
| Yes | 255 of 433 (59%) | 176 of 306 (58%) | 79 of 127 (62%) |
| No | 178 of 433 (41%) | 130 of 306 (42%) | 48 of 127 (38%) |
| Survived event to emergency department/intensive care unit | 214 of 433 (49%) | 147 of 306 (48%) | 67 of 127 (53%) |
| Discharged alive (nine missing) | 129 of 433 (30%) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Alive after 3 months (nine missing) | 123 of 433 (28%) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Alive after 1 year (nine missing) | 119 of 433 (27%) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Location of arrest: out-of-hospital | |||
| Home/residence | 292 of 433 (67%) | 187 of 306 (61%) | 105 of 127 (83%) |
| Industrial/workspace | 10 of 433 (2%) | 8 of 306 (3%) | 2 of 127 (2%) |
| Sport/recreation event | 14 of 433 (3%) | 14 of 306 (5%) | 0 of 127 (0%) |
| Street/public building | 98 of 433 (23%) | 84 of 306 (27%) | 14 of 127 (11%) |
| Other, in ambulance | 19 of 433 (4%) | 13 of 306 (4%) | 6 of 127 (5%) |
Italic items are in comparison to subgroup totals.
Bold items are percentages and number of the total group, otherwise they are figures of subgroups.
AED, automated external defibrillator; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ROSC, return of spontaneous circulation.