Automated external defibrillator

Release date:
16 September 2019

You asked

Please provide the following information:

  1. How many out of hospital Cardiac Arrests occur in the UK per year and could this date be in single years? (I think a 5 year period would suffice say years 2014 to 2018 inclusive)

  2. Out of these how many are in a shockable rhythm's (Atrial fabulation, AF or Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia, VT)?

  3. How many of these arrests are successfully resuscitated, ie Brough back to life and transported to hospital?

  4. Of these resuscitated and hospitalised patients how many survive to be discharged home?

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