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Bystanders can play a key role in improving survival rates from cardiac arrest, committee hears

Of the 1,000 Nova Scotians who suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year, only about 6% (60) of them will survive. On Tuesday members of the provincial Standing Committee on Health heard from experts about ways cardiac arrest outcomes in Nova Scotia could be improved. It turns out bystanders can play a key role. “The […]