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Table 3 Results of the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) [26] after resuscitation in the prehospital phase and/or in the ER based on 38,499 adult trauma patients

From: Outcome and predictors for successful resuscitation in the emergency room of adult patients in traumatic cardiorespiratory arrest

Glasgow Outcome Scale

1 Dead

2 Vegetative state

3 Severe disability

4 Moderate disability

5 Good recovery

Good and moderate outcome combined

No resuscitation (n = 35,447)

16.4 % (5816)

2.4 % (865)

12.7 % (4495)

25.4 % (9015)

43.0 % (15,256)

68.5 % (24,271)

Prehospital resuscitation (n = 944)

68.3 % (645)

6.4 % (60)

10.6 % (100)

7.7 (73)

7.0 % (66)

14.7 % (139)

ER resuscitation (n = 1197)

74.4 % (891)

1.3 % (15)

5.1 % (61)

9.7 % (116)

9.5 % (114)

19.2 % (230)

Prehospital + ER resuscitation n = 911)

95.2 % (867)

0.7 % (6)

1.4 % (13)

1.3 % (12)

1.4 % (13)

2.7 % (25)

  1. Pairwise comparison of the three different resuscitation subgroups (U test):
  2. ER vs. prehospital: p = 0.007
  3. ER vs. prehospital + ER: p <0.001
  4. Prehospital vs. prehospital + ER: p <0.001
  5. ER emergency room