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D-- Selected Results from Commissioned Analyses
Pages 423-432

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... (%) Total, EMS-treated 87.1 10.6 84.1 11.2 arrests of presumed cardiac etiology Patient characteristics Mean patient age 62.8 62.1 Gender Male 60.8 11.8 60.6 12.5 Female 39.2 9.6 39.4 9.2 continued 423
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... (%) Race White 46.2 11.5 51.9 12.6 American-Indian/ 0.5 10.8 Alaskan Asian 1.6 10.4 Black/African- 18.8 9.3 American Hispanic/Latino 6.2 11.9 Native Hawaiian/ 0.7 7.1 Pacific Islander Unknown 26.1 10.9 19.3 9.3 Other 28.8 Income <$20,000 3.6 8.4 $20,000-$29,999 11.0 8.9 $30,000-$39,999 17.9 8.7 $40,000-$49,999 18.4 8.6 $50,000-$59,999 15.9 8.8 $60,000-$69,999 11.8 8.7 $70,000-$79,999 8.2 9.2 $80,000-$89,999 5.3 8.5 $90,000-$99,999 3.0 8.4 >$100,000 5.0 10.7 Event characteristics Initial cardiac rhythm VF/VT/shockable 21.1 29.4 20.5 30.0 rhythm Unknown/ 11.0 12.2 1.1 36.4 unshockable rhythm Asystole 46.4 2.8 49.4 2.2 PEA 21.5 9.7 24.1 9.8 Etiology of arrest Presumed cardiac 87.1 10.6 92.2 Other causes 12.9 7.8 Location of arrest Home/residence 70.1 9.0 48.3 nursing home/ALF 10.4 4.8 12.7
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... AED = automated external defibrillator; ALF = assisted living facility; CPC = cerebral performance category; CPR = cardiopulmonary resuscitation; mRS = Modified Rankin Score; PEA = pulseless electrical activity; VF = ventricular fibrillation; VT = ventricular tachycardia. The prepublication version of this report listed the PEA data point (under "additional information")
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... Mean age 65.1 Gender Male 58.8 24.5 Female 41.2 24.4 Race White 68.7 72.9 Black 23.5 20.0 Other 1.8 1.7 Unknown 6.0 5.4 Event Characteristics Etiology of arrest Medical-cardiac 37.2 40.2 Medical-noncardiac 45.9 36.6 Surgical-cardiac 6.6 11.3 Surgical-noncardiac 10.4 11.9 Location of arrest ICU 48.8 39.7 Monitored unit 15.0 18.0 Non-monitored unit 14.4 12.9 ED 12.4 13.8 Initial cardiac rhythm Asystole 28.0 23.1 PEA 54.6 44.3 VF 10.0 18.9 pVT 7.4 13.7 Other Day and Time of Arrest Daytime 49.3 27.5 Night time 16.6 20.7 Weekend 32.7 21.3 AED use (among non-ICU patients only)
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... Rural 2.6 24.4 Urban 74.0 24.6 NOTE: AED = automated external defibrillator; ED = emergency department; ICU = intensive care unit; PEA = pulseless electrical activity; pVT = pulseless ventricular tachycardia; VF = ventricular fibrillation; VT = ventricular tachycardia. SOURCE: Based on data from the GWTG-R registry.
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From page 428...
... A E C ting SOUR RCE: Vellano et al., 2015.
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... FIGURE D-2 Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) participating sites.
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... h art tal Data years: The American Hea Association hospit data from July 18, 2014; Dartmouth Atlas hospital service areas 2005; 2011 ntal ch n Environmen Systems Researc Institute population estimates. SOURCE: Reprinted with permi R ission from Microsof Dynamics.
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... report on the public health burden of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. http://www.iom.edu/~/media/Files/Report%20 Files/2015/CARES.pdf (accessed June 19, 2015)
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