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Table 3 The effect of introducing an SOP * for pre-hospital controlled ventilation on the use of automatic ventilators in patients with ROSC ** after PHCA ***

From: Standard operating procedure changed pre-hospital critical care anaesthesiologists’ behaviour: a quality control study

Ventilator used

Before SOP (CI)

After SOP (CI)

Total

Yes

42

64

106

No

67

29

96

Total

109

93

202

Prevalence

0.39 (0.29-0.48)

0.69 (0.58-0.78)

0.52

  1. *Standard operating procedure.
  2. **Return of spontaneous circulation.
  3. ***Pre-hospital cardiac arrest.