How our story turned into a novel with a CPR message The worst moment of our lives happened half an hour into Halloween. A noise that sounded like snoring woke me up – but when I tried to nudge my partner to turn over, he didn’t respond at all. Within seconds, I was calling 999 … Read more
Given the low probability of surviving an out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest, who wouldn’t feel somehow special to survive? Survivorship Bias Yet, as survivors, we tend to overlook the broader perspective of sudden cardiac death as we focus on our specialness. Turns out this is a cognitive bias that’s been labelled “survivorship bias“. It’s not an … Read more
We’ve been approached by NHS England in collaboration with GoodSAM to find some survivors for a promotional video they will be making. Read on if you’re interested in helping out… Background We know that our survival rate for out of hospital cardiac arrest is at around 8.6% which is significantly lower than for populations in … Read more