References

Sources and References for Website Statistics and Content:

Statement: Sudden cardiac arrest is the most common cause of out-of-hospital death in the western world.
Reference: Best Practice British Medical Journal, Epidemiology of Cardiac Arrest

Statement: 400,000 Americans experience Sudden Cardiac Arrest each year.
Note: 600,000 Americans experience SCA each year (400,000 outside of the hospital and 200,000 in a hospital)
Reference: Institute of Medicine. 2015. Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival: A Time to Act. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

Statement: 9% of Sudden Cardiac Arrest victims are saved without an AED and 93% of Sudden Cardiac Arrest victims are saved with an AED.
Reference: The European Society of Cardiology. August 27, 2017. Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death.

Statement: With each minute that passes without an AED, the chances of the victim’s survival drop by 10%.
Reference: The European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation

Statement: 1 in 7 Americans will ultimately die from Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
Reference: The American Heart Association's 2018 Update to Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics