There's good news about heart health in the New England Journal of Medicine this week.
Researchers at the University of Iowa tracked survival rates of nearly 85-thousand patients in 374 different hospitals, with a keen eye on treatment of sudden cardiac arrest while a patient was hospitalized. All of the facilities had participated in a national quality improvement registry that focused on guidelines for resuscitation.
The data showed survival rates of sudden cardiac arrest improved significantly – from 13.7 percent in 2000 to 22.3 percent in 2009.
Researchers suggest advanced training, including everything from mock resuscitations to training non-medical staff to use defibrillators made the difference.
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