Swift intervention doubles survival rate from cardiac arrest
A team of Swedish researchers finds that early cardiopulmonary resuscitation more than doubles the chance of survival for patients suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The percentage of patients who receive life-saving resuscitation has also increased substantially thanks to so-called SMS Lifesavers. These results are published simultaneously in two studies in the most highly reputed New England Journal of Medicine.The two studies were conducted by researchers at the Center for Resuscitation Science at Karolinska Institutet and Södersjukhuset