AED Facts
According to the American Heart Association, 25 people per hour die of sudden cardiac arrest-- that's 250,000 a year.
Defibrillation is the only known therapy for the fatal heart rhythm that causes most cardiac arrests. CPR will not revive a person in this rhythm.
- For every minute that passes without defibrillation, a person's chance of survival decreases by 7-10 percent .
After as little as 10 minutes, very few resuscitation attempts are successful.
Cardiac arrest victims in Middle Tennessee have a less than 6 percent chance of survival.
Quick CPR by bystanders and use of an AED within 8 minutes can triple survival rates (according to USA TODAY study)
Some studies show rapid use of an AED can increase survival rates to 80%.
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