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Table 2 Patient and resuscitation characteristics of OHCA call handling

From: Description of call handling in emergency medical dispatch centres in Scandinavia: recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and dispatcher-assisted CPR

Group 1: No CPR prior to call

Copenhagen (N = 200)

Stockholm (N = 200)

Oslo (N = 200)

 Age (years) median [IQR]

72 [62;82]

72 [59; 82]

65 [47; 77]

 Unknown

–

4 (2)

–

 Male gender

121 (61)

122 (61)

129 (65)

 Unknown

9 (5)

1 (1)

–

 Location

  Home

157 (79)

152 (76)

142 (71)

  Public

19 (10)

32 (16)

42 (21)

  Other

24 (12)

16 (8)

16 (8)

 Caller is health care personnel

45 (23)

30 (15)

39 (20)

 Unknown

–

47 (24)

6 (3)

 Bystander witnessed

106 (53)

105 (53)

103 (52)

–

5 (3)

–

 Bystander CPR

130 (65)

109 (55)

183 (92)

–

–

4 (2)

 Bystander defibrillation (AED)

14 (7)

5 (3)

8 (4)

 Initial shockable rhythm

33 (17)

32 (16)

33 (17)

 CPR by EMT

179 (90)

189 (95)

138 (69)

 Defibrillation by EMT

47 (24)

64 (33)

45 (23)

Group 2: CPR initiated prior to call

Copenhagen (N = 69)

Stockholm (N = 9)

Oslo (N = 38)

 Age (years) median [IQ1;IQ3]

75 [60; 86]

66 [62; 78]

66 [44; 79]

 Male gender

31 (45)

7 (78)

26 (68)

 Unknown

3 (4)

–

–

 Location

  Home

41 (59)

2 (22)

13 (34)

  Public

7 (10)

4 (44

13 (34)

  Other

21 (30)

3 (33)

12 (32)

 Caller is health care personnel

39 (57)

4 (44)

17 (45)

 Unknown

–

4 (44)

–

 Bystander witnessed

30 (43)

4 (44)

24 (63)

 Bystander defibrillation (AED)

16 (23)

1 (11)

4 (11)

 Initial shockable rhythm

11 (16)

2 (22)

10 (26)

 CPR by EMT

56 (81)

8 (89)

26 (68)

 Defibrillation by EMT

14 (20)

5 (63)

11 (29)

 Unknown

–

1 (11)

–

  1. Values given as numbers (percentages) Abbreviations: CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, IQR Inter quartile range, AED automated external defibrillator, EMT Emergency medical technician