Table 4 Barriers to dispatcher assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DA-CPR) according to the caller’s emotional stress state. Results of logistic regression as odds ratio (OR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI) and P-value is shown
Caller emotionally stressed, 211 (N (%)) | Caller not emotionally stressed, 444 (N (%)) | OR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Barrier to CPR | 123 (58.3%) | 192 (43.2%) | 1.83 (1.32–2.56) |
Could not move patient | 70 (33.2%) | 90 (20.3%) | 1.95 (1.35–2.82) |
Language barrier | 3 (1.4%) | 6 (1.3%) | 1.05 (0.22–4.03) |
Caller left phone | 18 (8.5%) | 23 (5.2%) | 1.71 (0.89–3.22) |
Caller hangs up phone | 5 (2.4%) | 9 (2.0%) | 1.17 (0.36–3.44) |
Caller refused | 21 (10.0%) | 26 (5.9%) | 1.77 (0.96–3.23) |
Patient’s status changes | 11 (5.2%) | 34 (7.6%) | 0.66 (0.31–1.29) |
Do not resuscitate order | 4 (1.9%) | 5 (1.1%) | 1.69 (0.41–6.47) |
Patient obviously dead | 10 (4.7%) | 19 (4.3%) | 1.11 (0.49–2.38) |
Other | 8 (3.8%) | 13 (2.9%) | 1.30 (0.51–3.15) |
N/A | 10 (4.7%) | 24 (5.4%) | 0.87 (0.39–1.80) |