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Play from 0:01[0:01] ..." 20300000. Non hospitalized people each year experience cardiac arrest because of our high tech advances in cardiac resuscitation. Many of these individuals now undergo such resuscitation but how successful are these efforts a recent study tried to answer this question. Researchers reviewed 20500. I would have hospital cardiac arrest and in 58% of the cases resuscitation attempts were not done. Of the almost 12000 people who were resuscitated. Only four point 6% were discharged from the hospital alive"...

Play from 0:53[0:53] ..." results vary depending upon -- site location indicating that skills of the resuscitation teams also married these results tell us that we need to do better in resuscitating people who -- experienced cardiac arrest conduct"...

Play from 0:00[0:00]" It has been estimated between 20300000. Non hospitalized people each year experience cardiac arrest because of our high tech advances in cardiac resuscitation. Many of these individuals now undergo such resuscitation but how successful are these efforts a recent study tried to answer this question. Researchers reviewed 20500. I would have hospital cardiac arrest and in 58% of the cases resuscitation attempts were not done. Of the almost 12000 people who were resuscitated. Only four point 6% were discharged from the hospital alive a discouraging figure. The person had their chance of surviving if he or she had an -- apartment and this is ventricular attacker cardiac or ventricular fibrillation these have been external defibrillator can reverse this abnormal rhythm to a normal -- the study took place at ten different sites -- results vary depending upon -- site location indicating that skills of the resuscitation teams also married these results tell us that we need to do better in resuscitating people who -- experienced cardiac arrest conduct -- final -- does that WBZ. No medical it."

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