Evidence-based On-call

Cardiac arrest

Prognosis

Recovery is good in patients who survive to be discharged, but further cardiac arrests are common ^c

Why?

Most patients return to work, but further arrests and deaths are common

out-of-hospital arrest	% (95% CI)
returned to work at 12 months ^c	71% (66% to 76%)
further cardiac arrest at 12 months	14% (10% to 18%)
death at 5 years	24% (19% to 29%)
death at 10 years	82% (78% to 86%)