Many physicians assume that the vast majority of adult cardiac arrests in hospitals are from sudden arrhythmias, and life-support protocols reflect this assumption. Our findings show that progressive respiratory failure and shock is more common than arrhythmia in adults, and in such cases, emergency procedures should focus on breathing problems. |
Our findings suggest that CPR may currently succeed more often than physicians commonly believe. |
These survival rates are much better than those occurring in cardiac arrests outside of hospitals. |