Survival rates after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest vary widely

"People who suffer cardiac arrest at home or on the street are much more likely to survive after emergency treatment in some cities than in others. Survival rates after treated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest ranged from 3% in Alabama to 16.3% in the Seattle area, reported Graham Nichol, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Washington, and colleagues in the September 24 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association"