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What is cardiac arrest?
Cardiac arrest is the abrupt loss of heart function in a person who may or may not have been diagnosed with heart disease. It can come on suddenly, or in the wake of other symptoms. Cardiac arrest is often fatal, if appropriate steps aren’t taken immediately.
More facts about cardiac arrest
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Each year in the United States, more than 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of a hospital setting.
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As many as 475,00 Americans die from cardiac arrest in one year
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More than 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside the hospital each year
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About 90% of people who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest die
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CPR, especially if administered immediately after cardiac arrest, can double or triple a person's chance of survival
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There are about 10,000 cardiac arrests in the workplace each year, in the US, according to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
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Among the 356,000 out of hospital cardiac arrests that occurred, only 46% received bystander CPR, according to the 2017 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics.
** All statistics are courtesy of the American Heart Association website, cpr.heart.org**