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Table 1 Backgrounds, characteristics and outcomes of OHCAs with reference to relation of bystander to victim

From: Don't stop your heart in front of your family: family as a bystander is associated with poor outcome of bystander-witnessed, bystander-CPR-performed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

 

Relation of bystander to victim

 

Background, characteristics and outcome

Family

(n= 25,119)

Friends, colleagues and passers-by (n= 5,191)

Others

(n= 14,938)

Pvalue

Patient's age, median (25 to 75%)

77 (66 to 84)

61 (50 to 73)

84 (75 to 90)

<0.001

Sex - male (%)

61.6

76.8

44.7

<0.001

CPR following telephone CPR (%)

75.1

42.7

36.1

<0.001

Initial rhythm shockable (%)

16.3

33.4

9.8

<0.001

Tune intervals, minutes, median (25 to 75%)

    

   Collapse-call

2 (0 to 5)

2 (0 to 4)

2 (0 to 5)

<0.001

   Collapse-bystander CPR

3 (1 to 6)

1 (0 to 4)

0 (0 to 2)

<0.001

   Call arrival at patient

8 (6 to 11)

8 (6 to 11)

8 (6 to 10)

<0.001

Outcomes

    

   1-month survival (%)

8.1

17.2

9.2

<0.001

   1-month survival with favorable

4.0

11.9

4.8

<0.001

   neurological outcomes (%)

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