Boyne Bellew, David Burkett St-Laurent, Martin Shaw, Toby Ashken, Jonathan Womack, Jonathan Debenham, Michael Getty, Shveta Kajal, Neil Verma, Katie Samuel, Alan J R Macfarlane, Rachel J Kearns
Regional anaesthesia training in the UK - a national survey
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bystander interventions factor improving survival outofhospital cardiac arrest ohca hypothesized girls women experiencing ohca may less likely receive bystander interventions boys men investigate sex disparities receiving publicaccess automated external defibrillator aed pad application bystanderinitiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation cpr among students experienced ohca school settings nationwide cohort study used stop prevent cardiac arrest injury trauma schools spirits database link databases 2 nationally representative registriesthe injury accident mutual aid benefit system japan sport council alljapan utstein registry fire disaster management agency students elementary schools ages 612 years junior high schools ages 1215 years high schools ages 1521 years technical colleges ages 1521 years experienced nontraumatic ohca involving attempted resuscitation emergency medical service personnel bystanders school settings april 1 2008 december 31 2015 included data analysis performed january 5 2019 april 11 2019 sex school level application publicaccess aed pads initiation cpr bystander total 232 students experienced ohca nontraumatic causes school settings mean sd age 145 29 years 175 754 male included multivariable analysis full cohort students experienced ohca female sex associated significantly lower odds receiving publicaccess aed pad application compared male sex 36 57 female students 632 received aed pad application vs 141 175 male students 806 adjusted odds ratio 044 95 ci 020097 p 04 subgroup analysis students experienced ohca high schools technical schools female sex associated significantly lower odds receiving publicaccess aed pad application compared male sex 10 18 female students 556 vs 84 101 male students 832 adjusted 026 95 ci 008087 p 03 among full cohort 48 57 female students 842 151 175 male students 863 received cpr bystanders adjusted 081 95 ci 030222 significant differences receiving bystanderinitiated cpr sexes irrespective school level among students experienced ohca schools japan female sex associated lower odds receiving publicaccess aed pad application compared male sex