In this week's BMJ, two cardiologists from the Royal Free Hospital in London suggest the evidence base is strong for changing the way people who have had a cardiac arrest outside hospital are treated. The British Heart Foundation recently stated that the number of people dying from cardiac arrest was "unacceptable" whilst reinforcing the message that all schoolchildren should be taught CPR. Approximately 60,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) occur in the UK each year and current UK survival rates remain extremely poor at 2-12%...
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