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Editorial
. 2005 Dec;91(12):1505-6.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.061572. Epub 2005 May 27.

Reality of out of hospital cardiac arrest

M F O'Rourke
Editorial

Reality of out of hospital cardiac arrest

M F O'Rourke. Heart. 2005 Dec.

Abstract

The high mortality rates associated with out of hospital cardiac arrest, particularly those occurring in the home, stress the need for early treatment in the form of publicly accessible external defibrillators.

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