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Cardiac arrest

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Immediate management
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Preparation

Go on a life support course before joining a cardiac arrest team a  

Why?

  • More patients survive who are resuscitated by trained providers a

Life support training improves the success of cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Patient Treatment Comparison Outcome CER OR
(95% CI)		 NNT
(95% CI)
cardiac arrest a life support training no training death or morbidity
at discharge 		96.3% 0.28
(0.22 to 0.37)		 12
(9 to 18)

Expiry date: July 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   S   Straus
CAT Writers   CM   Ball , CJ   Wotton