Table 1 Initial dispatch codes of PulsePoint activations and top non-OHCA or DOA categories
From: Characterization of non-cardiac arrest PulsePoint activations in public and private settings
| Â | SCA - Generic Sudden Cardiac Arrest (n=1171) | 09E01 - Not breathing at all (n=368) | 11D01 - Abnormal breathing (PARTIAL obstruction) (n=90) | 09E02 - Breathing uncertain (AGONAL) (n=41) | 09D01 - INEFFECTIVE BREATHING (n=30) | 11E01 - COMPLETE obstruction/ INEFFECTIVE BREATHING (n=9) | 11D02 - Not alert & 14D01 - Unconscious or Arrest (n=6) | 12D01 - Not breathing (after Key Questioning) (n=6) | Not a PulsePoint CPR push event determinant code. Code changed after initial submission. (n=58) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OHCA | 24.4% (286) | 50.3% (185) | 2.2% (2) | 17.0% (7) | 30.0%(9) | 0.0% (0) | 16.7% (1) | 33.3% (2) | 5.2% (3) |
DOA | 11.2%(132) | 21.2%(78) | 0.0%(0) | 17.0% (7) | 0.0%(0) | 0.0%(0) | 0.0%(0) | 0.0%(0) | 75.9%(44) |
Syncope | 12.0%(141) | 3.3%(12) | 0.0%(0) | 9.8%(4) | 16.7%(5) | 0.0%(0) | 16.7% (1) | 0.0%(0) | 0.0%(0) |
Altered Mental Status | 13.0%(152) | 1.1%(4) | 0.0%(0) | 4.9%(2) | 0.0%(0) | 0.0%(0) | 0.0%(0) | 0.0%(0) | 1.7%(1) |
Seizure | 10.6%(124) | 3.0%(11) | 2.2%(2) | 12.2%(5) | 3.3%(1) | 0.0%(0) | 0.0%(0) | 33.3% (2) | 1.7%(1) |
Overdose | 6.7%(78) | 12.5%(46) | 0.0%(0) | 2.4%(1) | 20%(6) | 0.0%(0) | 0.0%(0) | 0.0%(0) | 3.5%(2) |
Choking | 0.9%(10) | 0.8%(3) | 90%(81) | 0.0%(0) | 0.0%(0) | 100%(9) | 50.0%(3) | 0.0%(0) | 1.7%(1) |