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Sudden Cardiac Arrest affects more than 30,000 people every year in Australia. The survival rate falls approximately 10% for every minute following collapse, until defibrillation.

The importance of bystanders in saving a life:

    In 2023/24, 47% of the casualties who received bystander defibrillation, survived to hospital discharge, compared with 32% of casualties who did not receive bystander defibrillation. 14% of casualties who received bystander CPR survived to hospital discharge, compared with 6% of patients who did not receive bystander CPR.

        Survival to Hospital Discharge
        survivor to hospital discharge

        Data Source : 2023/24 Victorian Ambulance Cardiac Arrest Registry Annual Report.