How to Increase Heart Attack Survival Rate

By Rebecca Tolin, KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published June 18, 2007 at 8:30 PM PDT

This story was published more than 18 years ago.

Bystanders make about 2,500 calls each year in San Diego County for cardiac arrest patients. But few of those callers know how to perform life-saving CPR before the ambulance arrives. Doctors say byst

Bystanders make about 2,500 calls each year in San Diego County for cardiac arrest patients. But few of those callers know how to perform life-saving CPR before the ambulance arrives. Doctors say bystanders can increase the patients chance of survival by 25 percent by performing simple chest compressions.

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Dr. Dan Davis , UCSD Medical Center Emergency Medicine.

(To take UCSD Medical Center CPR Classes, call 619.471.0614.)

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