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. 2020 Jun 7;7(1):e001251. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2020-001251

Table 2.

Relationship between location, response time and percentage survival to hospital admission

Location of arrest Events (n) Events with known response times (n) Median (IQR) response time (min) Events with known survival to hospital admission (n) Survived to hospital admission n (%)
Home 328 216 5
(3–6)
243 32 (13.2)
Public 307 171 4
(2–5)
254 89 (35.0)
Medical facility 128 73 3
(2–5)
100 21 (21.0)
Sports facility 113 53 2.5
(1–5)
96 75 (78.1)
Office 49 24 5
(3.75–9.25)
39 21 (53.8)
School/university 12 8 5
(4.25–15)
11 6 (54.5)
Unknown 40 1 3
(3–3)
11 7 (63.6)
Total 977 546 4
(2–6)
754 251 (33.3)

‘Public’ included public streets, parks, hotels, restaurants and recreational facilities excluding those locations reported otherwise. Medical facilities were non-hospital treatment centres, such as general practitioner offices, dental offices or residential care facilities, where the public access defibrillator is available for use by lay rescuers.