CPR Facts and Statistics 

• About 75 percent to 80 percent of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen at home, so being trained to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can mean the difference between life and death for a loved one. 

• Effective bystander CPR, provided immediately after cardiac arrest can double a victim’s chance of survival. 

• Approximately 95 percent of sudden cardiac arrest victims die before reaching the hospital. 

• Death from sudden cardiac arrest is not inevitable. If more people knew CPR, more lives could be saved. 

• Brain death starts to occur four to six minutes after someone experiences cardiac arrest if no CPR and defibrillation occurs during that time. 

• If bystander CPR is not provided, a cardiac victim’s chances of survival fall 7 percent to 10 percent for every minute of delay until defibrillation. 

• Sudden cardiac arrest is most often caused by an abnormal heart rhythm called ventricular fibrillation (VF). Cardiac arrest can also occur after the onset of a heart attack or as a result of electrocution or near-drowning. 

• When sudden cardiac arrest occurs, the victim collapses, becomes unresponsive to gentle shaking, stops normal breathing and after two rescue breaths, still isn’t breathing normally, coughing or moving.

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