Statistics & Facts - 9 in 10 people won’t survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
- Every year around 30,000 Australians and New Zealanders suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
- Every minute a patient is in cardiac arrest, not receiving CPR or AED shock, chances of survival drop by 10%
- 80% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen in our homes
- After 10 minutes without intervention the damage caused by cardiac arrest is nearly irreversible
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