Myths|Facts #3
Few patients survived from sudden cardiac arrest.
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Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA)
1 North America Series
2 Thailand
3 Las Vegas Casino
Time to first ACLS
Bystander CPR
Survival to hospital
Survival to home
5.9 mins (time to EMS arrival)
40.1%
62.8%
10.4%  1
12mins (time to EMS arrival)
27.4%
61.5%
7.7%  2
4.4 mins (time to 1st defib)
9.8 mins (time to EMS arrival)
43%
89%
38%  3
Ref: 1. Daya et al Resuscitation 2005, 2. Yeeheng U. Asia Pac J Public Health 2011, 3. Valenzuela et al. NEJM 2010.
11.3%
of all OHCA victims who survived to the hospital
survived after 1 year.
57%
of all survivors
remained with severe neurological disability at 1 month.
4%
of survivors with severe neurological disability
showed some improvement at 6 months; none at 1 year.

Wong et al. Circulation 2014 and Kim et al. Resuscitation 2016.
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