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Study underscores the importance of interventions to improve out-of-hospital cardiac arrests outcomes – News-Medical.Net
A new study published in The Lancet Public Health found that a series of public health interventions in Singapore cumulatively increased the likelihood of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by bystanders during out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) nearly e…

Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 3 2020
A new study published in The Lancet Public Health found that a series of public health interventions in Singapore cumulatively increased the likelihood of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by bystanders during out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) nearly eightfold and survival over threefold, underscoring the importance of such interventions to improve OHCA outcomes.
Sudden cardiac arrest is a serious healthcare concern all over the world. In the…