Thursday,
9 January 2025
Bystander intervention sees cardiac arrest survival rates triple

INCREASED bystander intervention means we are more likely to survive a cardiac arrest compared to 20 years ago, according to new research.

A study, supported by Ambulance Victoria (AV), found Victorians who experienced a bystander-witnessed initial shockable out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in 2021-22 were three times more likely to pull through than two decades ago.

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