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Fig. 3

From: Cardiac arrest in the toilet: clinical characteristics and resuscitation profiles

Fig. 3

How CA in the toilet was discovered is summarized in 101 patients. In 63 events (left), a concern that a patient stayed in the toilet too long led to the discovery; in 22 events (second from left), a loud sound/noise due to the patient’s collapse onto the floor led to the discovery; in 10 events (third from left), CA occurred in the presence of caregivers. In the remaining 6 patients (right), they called for help from the toilet by themselves. There was no significant difference in the frequency of ROSC among the four groups

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