Improved Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival Through the Inexpensive Optimization of an Existing Defibrillation ProgramOPALS Study Phase II
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OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC arrest survival remains poor in most jurisdictions more than 30 years after Pantridge and Geddes introduced the concept of providing advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) care to patients with cardiac arrest outside of the hospital setting with mobile intensive care vehicles in Belfast. Reported cardiac arrest survival rates range from 1% to 20%, and this variation can be attributed, in part, to community differences in the “chain of survival” as described by the American Heart Association. Ideally, communities would optimize all 4 links: (1) rapid access through a 911 telephone system, (2) early cardiopulmonary resuscita-
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