News / Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Sudden cardiac arrest is common, overwhelmingly fatal without intervention, and survivable when a bystander acts. The key statistics every organization should know, sourced from 2025 AHA data.

We've all seen the those heart defibrillators that seem to be popping up everywhere. You know, the ones where some poor sap has a collapses and then the life-saving device shocks his chest back into action? It turns out that these little contraptions may be even more important than we thought, because nearly 350,000 people die from cardiac arrest in the United States every year. That's why every home should have at least one AED on hand! Keep reading to learn why...