Study highlights improvement in King County cardiac arrest survival rates

Seattle and King County have seen significant improvements in cardiac arrest survival rates over the past two decades, based on a study from JAMA Cardiology.

According to UW Medicine, the study analyzed 25,118 cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest from 2001 to 2020.

They found that the survival of people who require a defibrillator shock to restore their heartbeat increased from 35% to 48%…

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