Table 3

Hospital and 30-day mortality by PHECG use

MortalityOverallPHECGNo PHECGAdjusted OR95% CI
Total population(n=154 546)(n=102 831)(n=51 715) 
 Hospital4.2%4.0%4.7%0.850.82 to 0.88
 30 day7.6%7.4%8.2%0.940.91 to 0.96
STEMI patients(n=72 638)(n=54 953)(n=17 685) 
 Hospital5.2%4.8%6.6%0.880.84 to 0.93
 30 day9.3%8.6%11.4%0.940.90 to 0.98
STEMI patients receiving reperfusion therapy*(n=62 412)(n=48 533)(n=13 879) 
 Hospital4.3%4.0%5.4%0.920.85 to 0.99
 30 day7.8%7.3%9.4%0.940.89 to 1.00
STEMI patients receiving fibrinolytic agents(n=42 604)(n=33 394)(n=9210) 
 Hospital5.0%4.6%6.4%0.910.84 to 1.00
 30 day8.9%8.3%10.9%0.950.88 to 1.01
STEMI patients receiving pPCI(n=14 063)(n=11 015)(n=3048) 
 Hospital3.1%2.9%3.6%0.890.72 to 1.12
 30 day5.2%5.0%6.0%0.910.77 to 1.07
STEMI patients not receiving any reperfusion therapy(n=10 226)(n=6420)(n=3806) 
 Hospital10.6%10.5%11.0%0.860.80 to 0.93
 30 day18.7%18.6%18.8%0.960.90 to 1.03
nSTEMI patients(n=81 908)(n=47 878)(n=34 030) 
 Hospital3.3%3.1%3.7%0.760.72 to 0.80
 30 day6.1%5.9%6.5%0.840.81 to 0.88
  • EMS, emergency medical services; PHECG, prehospital ECG; pPCi, primary percutaneous coronary intervention; STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction.