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Heart 91:1505-1506 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.061572
  • Editorial

Reality of out of hospital cardiac arrest

  1. M F O’Rourke
  1. Correspondence to:
    Michael F O’Rourke MD
    DSc, St Vincent’s Clinic, 438 Victoria Street, NSW 2010, Australia; M.ORourkeunsw.edu.au
  • Published Online First 27 May 2005

Abstract

The high mortality rates associated with out of hospital cardiac arrest, particularly those occurring in the home, stress the need for early treatment in the form of publicly accessible external defibrillators

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  • Published Online First 27 May 2005

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