Table 3 Characteristics of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest among children by public locations of arrest
Characteristics | Public locations (total) | Public areas | Recreation/sports locations | Educational institutions | Streets/highways | Other locations | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 1048) | (n = 124) | (n = 49) | (n = 166) | (n = 311) | (n = 398) | |||||||
Witnessed, n (%) | 537 | (51.2) | 63 | (50.8) | 21 | (42.9) | 109 | (65.7) | 226 | (72.7) | 118 | (29.6) |
Dispatcher instruction, n (%) | 449 | (42.8) | 54 | (43.5) | 24 | (49.0) | 95 | (57.2) | 82 | (26.4) | 194 | (48.7) |
Bystander CPR, n (%) | 545 | (52.0) | 51 | (41.1) | 38 | (77.6) | 139 | (83.7) | 103 | (33.1) | 214 | (53.8) |
Shocks by public-access AEDs, n (%) | 91 | (8.7) | 2 | (1.6) | 10 | (20.4) | 72 | (43.4) | 3 | (1.0) | 4 | (1.0) |
Prehospital ROSC, n (%) | 149 | (14.2) | 13 | (10.5) | 11 | (22.4) | 74 | (44.6) | 31 | (10.0) | 20 | (5.0) |
EMS CPR duration, median (IQR), min | 19 | (12–26) | 17 | (13–26) | 15 | (11–25) | 12 | (2–20) | 20 | (13–27) | 21 | (15–28) |
One-month survival, n (%) | 194 | (18.5) | 25 | (20.2) | 17 | (34.7) | 83 | (50.0) | 31 | (10.0) | 38 | (9.5) |
CPC 1 or 2, n (%) | 113 | (10.8) | 11 | (8.9) | 11 | (22.4) | 68 | (41.0) | 13 | (4.2) | 10 | (2.5) |