FDA Panel Considers Over-the-Counter Home Defibrillator

Business Wire, July 30, 2004

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death in the United States -- claiming 340,000 lives a year. However, the current cardiac arrest survival rate is less than five percent, largely because defibrillators do not reach victims in time. For each minute that passes before defibrillation therapy is administered, the chance for survival decreases by about 10 percent.

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