Summaries and discussions of academic research, clinical guidelines and emerging evidence in cardiac arrest survivorship, care and outcomes.
Doctor Hans van Schuppen who describes himself as an Anesthesiologist and Resuscitationist tweeted today an impressive statistic coming out of the Dutch resuscitation community… “In Holland, an #AED is placed before ambulance arrival in 65% of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases. One-month survival is around 25% (total, all initial rhytms). The AED is getting so … Read more
A recent poll in the facebook group asked “at what age did you have your first sudden cardiac arrest?” Nearly 100 respondants gave their answers and they can be viewed in the following chart below From looking at the chart it’s obvious that mid-life is the prime time for a sudden cardiac arrest to strike, … Read more