System-wide SCA Community Report Card

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We may have the best intentions…

King County has world's highest survival rate for cardiac arrest1

King County, WA1

The cardiac survival rate in King County has dramatically risen over the past decade or so, from an above-average 27 % in 2002 to 62% in 2013.

• Strategies that have contributed to the rise include:• Adoption of high-performance CPR method by emergency medical

technicians to maximize oxygen circulation and increase survival chances.

• Adoption of telecommunicator CPR, whereby 911 emergency personnel provide instant CPR instructions by phone.

• Increasing public availability of automated external defibrillators (AEDs), including more than 100 in King County facilities, and placement of AEDs in many law enforcement vehicles, including with King County Sheriff’s deputies.

• High rates of CPR training for local residents.• A regional paramedic training program, funded by charitable

contributions, that exceeds national standards for certification.

Resuscitation Academy Score Card

Eisenberg, Mickey S. Resuscitate!: How Your Community Can Improve Survival from Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Seattle: U of Washington, 2009. Print.

System-wide SCA Community Report Card

Resources

Every Second Counts. Every Action Matters. A Community Response Planning Guide for Sudden Cardiac Arrest. The Medtronic Foundation HeartRescue Project, Minneapolis, MN. Vol. 3: 2012.

Every Second Counts. Every Action Matters. A Community Response Planning Guide for Sudden Cardiac Arrest. The Medtronic Foundation HeartRescue Project, Minneapolis, MN. Vol. 3: 2012.

Eisenberg, Mickey S. Resuscitate!: How Your Community Can Improve Survival from Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Seattle: U of Washington, 2009. Print.

Eisenberg, Mickey S. Resuscitate!: How Your Community Can Improve Survival from Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Seattle: U of Washington, 2009. Print.

Resources

Resuscitation Academy e-book:

10 Steps for Improving Survival from Sudden Cardiac Arrest

1.http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/news/2014/14051901.aspx

Resuscitation Academy e-book:

10 Steps for Improving Survival from Sudden Cardiac Arrest

1.http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/news/2014/14051901.aspx