If someone has a sudden heart stop outside the hospital and gets shocked quickly with a defibrillator by a bystander or first responder, they're nearly 4 times more likely to survive without brain damage.

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Sudden Cardiac Death in Famous Athletes, Lessons Learned, Heterogeneity in Expert Recommendations and Pitfalls of Contemporary Screening Strategies.

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2019 Dec

The study says that using AEDs quickly after a sudden cardiac arrest helps more people survive without brain damage, which supports the idea that fast AED use saves lives.

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Sudden Cardiac Death in Famous Athletes, Lessons Learned, Heterogeneity in Expert Recommendations and Pitfalls of Contemporary Screening Strategies.

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DOI: 10.4022/jafib.2193