An automated external defibrillator (AED) delivers an electric shock to restore a normal heart rhythm during cardiac arrest. Public access AEDs are critical to improving survival.
Are you a Chain of Survival participant? By that, I mean have you been party to a cardiac arrest resuscitation attempt? i.e. raised the alarm, performed CPR, used an AED or even just witnessed the event? A poll in our sister support group – Chain of Survival UK shows that professional support is very limited … 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
Each year about 30,000 people receive resuscitation for an Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) in the United Kingdom. Only one in every twenty people that have a cardiac arrest survive to go home from the hospital. There are a few key steps that can help to improve survival from cardiac arrest, and these have been formulated … Read more