Table 1 Characteristics of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest among children by location of arrest

Weekday, n (%)

(70.4)

(71.0)

(68.8)

Age, median (IQR)

(0–13)

(0–10)

(2–15)

Age group, n (%)

 0 years old

(38.4)

(46.1)

(17.6)

 1–4 years old

(19.1)

(20.3)

(15.9)

 5–12 years old

(16.4)

(13.1)

(25.4)

 13–17 years old

(26.1)

(20.6)

(41.1)

Male sex, n (%)

(61.3)

(58.2)

(69.8)

Origin, n (%)

 Medical

(69.6)

(78.2)

(46.3)

 Non-medical

(30.4)

(21.8)

(53.7)

Witnessed, n (%)

(27.2)

(18.4)

(51.2)

Dispatcher instruction, n (%)

(63.8)

(71.5)

(42.8)

First documented rhythm, n (%)

 VF/VT

(6.3)

(2.2)

(17.5)

 PEA

(14.8)

(12.7)

(20.4)

 Asystole

(79.0)

(85.1)

(62.1)

Bystander CPR, n (%)

(59.8)

(62.7)

(52.0)

Shocks by public-access AEDs, n (%)

(2.5)

(0.2)

(8.7)

Epinephrine administration, n (%)

(3.9)

(3.1)

(5.8)

Advanced airway management, n (%)

(13.0)

(13.1)

(12.9)

 EMS response time (call to contact with the patient)

(7–10)

(7–10)

(7–11)

 Hospital arrival time (call to hospital arrival)

(23–37)

(23–36)

(24–39)

EMS CPR duration, median (IQR), min

(13–26)

(14–26)

(12–26)

Prehospital ROSC, n (%)

(7.0)

(4.3)

(14.2)

One-month survival, n (%)

(12.7)

(10.6)

(18.5)

CPC 1 or 2, n (%)

(4.6)

(2.3)

(10.8)