As a quick reference for policymakers and staff, the following information provides background and information about the latest facts and figures regarding Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA).
- Each year in the USA 295,000 people die from SCA.
- There are methods to improve outcomes and survival, yet there is little funding to track, document and better understand SCA and SCD (death from SCA).
- CPR and use of an AED can dramatically improve survival. Teaching CPR to high school students is a cost effective way to ensure future generations are CPR ready at home, in the workplace, on the athletic fields and anywhere SCA can happen.
- Scientific advances have improved survival, yet access to these innovative treatments is fragmented and not universally used in the USA.
