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Table 1 Overall 1-month outcomes for witnessed elderly OHCA patients

From: Elderly out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has worse outcomes with a family bystander than a non-family bystander

 

n

1-month outcomes

  

Survival

Favorable CPC

  

n

%

n

%

Initial cardiac rhythm

     

VF/VT

9,977

1,972

19.8

1,066

10.7

PEA

29,652

1,855

6.3

493

1.7

Asystole

43,319

1,177

2.7

186

0.4

Bystander CPR

    

Non

48,263

2,981

6.2

1,024

2.1

Chest compression only

20,283

1,569

7.7

746

3.7

M-to-M ventilation only

1,160

84

7.2

38

3.3

Conventional CPR

15,880

1,291

8.1

594

3.8

PAD

    

Not performed

82,614

5,639

6.8

2,245

2.7

Performed

480

118

24.6

94

19.6

Age category

    

65–74 years

23,338

2,291

9.8

1,117

4.8

75–84 years

33,832

2,327

6.9

845

2.5

85 years and over

28,416

1,307

4.6

440

1.6

Bystander type

    

Family

57,563

3,548

6.2

1,292

2.2

Non-family

28,023

2,377

8.5

1,110

4.0

  1. OHCA: out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, CPC: cerebral performance categories, CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation, VF: ventricular fibrillation, VT: pulseless ventricular tachycardia, PEA: pulseless electrical activity, M-to-M: mouth-to-mouth, PAD: public access automated external defibrillator.
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International Journal of Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1865-1380

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