The survival rate of patients who suffer cardiac arrests outside hospitals in Hong Kong is ‘extremely low’ when compared with other Asian countries. Photo: Shutterstock
The survival rate of patients who suffer cardiac arrests outside hospitals in Hong Kong is ‘extremely low’ when compared with other Asian countries. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong /  Health & Environment

Patients almost 10 times more likely to survive cardiac arrests with CPR or AED applied, but few in Hong Kong receive such aid, research finds

  • Of the 829 young patients studied, only 34 per cent received CPR while less than 7 per cent had help with AED; only 4 per cent survived
  • Survival rate in Hong Kong ‘extremely low’ when compared with other Asian countries

Sammy Heung
Sammy Heung

Updated: 9:27pm, 15 Jun, 2022

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The survival rate of patients who suffer cardiac arrests outside hospitals in Hong Kong is ‘extremely low’ when compared with other Asian countries. Photo: Shutterstock
The survival rate of patients who suffer cardiac arrests outside hospitals in Hong Kong is ‘extremely low’ when compared with other Asian countries. Photo: Shutterstock
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