Dispatcher-Assisted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Disparity between Urban and Rural Areas

Table 2

Recognition of OHCA and instruction of DACPR in urban and rural areas.

Variables	Urban (n = 2400)	Rural (n = 316)	value
Recognition of OHCA	1635 (68.13)	220 (69.62)	0.591
Recognized time (sec), median (IQR)	66.0 (33.0–107.0)	68.0 (27.0–109.0)	0.747
DACPR/recognized	1224/1635 (74.86)	149/220 (67.73)	0.023
Continued CPR till the EMT arrive	974/1635 (59.57)	115/220 (52.27)	0.039
Call to chest compression time (sec), median (IQR)	168.5 (133.0–220.0)	171.0 (138.0–212.0)	0.689
CPR instruction time (sec), median (IQR)	88.0 (59.0–132.0)	87.0 (60.0–124.0)	0.546

. OHCA: out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation. IQR: interquartile range. EMT: emergency medical technician.