Yorkshire's Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates Best In Country

Thursday, 3 March 2016 14:15

The survival rates for patients who suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are better in Yorkshire than anywhere else in England.

According to the latest figures, 106 Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS) patients whose heart stopped beating were resuscitated and discharged from hospital between January and September 2015, a 20% increase on the same period the previous year.

And YAS can now boast the highest overall performance for patients in cardiac arrest who go on to survive being discharged from hospital compared to the other 10 English ambulance trusts. In 2014-15 YAS achieved a survival to discharge rate of 40.9% against a national average of 26.3%. So in simple terms, YAS saves a greater proportion of the cardiac arrest patients that it attempts to resuscitate compared to anywhere else in England.

Dr Julian Mark, Executive Medical Director at YAS, praised the first-class efforts of ambulance clinicians and staff in the Emergency Operations Centre and appealed to the public to play a vital role in helping to improve the outcomes for cardiac arrest patients.

He said: “In order to further improve the chances of people who suffer a cardiac arrest, we need a commitment from the public to learn cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) so bystanders can perform this life-saving procedure prior to our arrival. If CPR can be started as soon as someone suffers a cardiac arrest, their chances of survival double. What happens before we arrive on scene is crucial and can mean the difference between life and death.”

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