West Midlands Cardiac Arrest Survivors Reaches All Time High

According to newly released figures, more people than ever before are surviving a cardiac arrest in the West Midlands.

Between 2014 and 2015, trust staff and volunteers at West Midlands Ambulance Service attempted to resuscitate 4,040 patients who suffered a pre-hospital cardiac arrest; a significant rise on the previous year's figures. Those arriving at hospital who could breathe for themselves also rose, by 223 compared to the previous year.

Dr Andy Carson, Trust medical director, said:

"This is a tremendous achievement and cannot be underestimated.

"To achieve such an improvement has taken a lot of skill and hard work by staff and volunteers.

"Our research suggests that part of the reason for the rise is that staff have been able to use their advanced skills more often due to a rise in the number of members of the public who are prepared to have a go at CPR and also the increase in the number of public access defibrillators available for them to use."

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