Resuscitate!: How Your Community Can Improve Survival from Sudden Cardiac Arrest

by Mickey S. Eisenberg

Book Overview

Sudden cardiac arrest can strike anyone at any time. But in many cities, people who suffer sudden cardiac arrest are up to 46 times more likely to die than those who experience cardiac arrest in Seattle and King County, Washington, or Rochester, Minnesota--an astonishing and completely preventable variance in survival rates. In Resuscitate , Mickey S. Eisenberg, an expert in emergency medical services (EMS), identifies fifty factors associated with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295988894
• ISBN13: 9780295988894
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"