According to publications I've recently read
from the CDC and the American Heart Association:
~ 300,000 people in the United States experience
a out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
~ 32% of cardiac arrest victims get CPR from a bystander. CPR provided immediately after sudden cardiac
arrest can double or triple a victim’s chance of survival
~ 21.6% of patients were pronounced dead after resuscitation
efforts were terminated in the pre-hospital setting
~ 26.3% of
patients survive to the point of hospital admission
~ 9.6% of patients survive through discharge
from the hospital
Today my dad is part of the 9.6%....he has
been discharged (at least from Allegiance Health) and is currently on his way
to St. Joe's to participate in some rehabilitation therapies. We are so happy to be moving onto the next
phase and so is he!
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We will continue to update the blog, but now
that we are moving farther from the event and out of that critical care part of
his recovery, it may not be on a day-to-day basis. We will certainly try to keep up on it with
major milestones as we look forward to more good things to come. Thank you for praying with us and continuing
to pray and support my dad and our whole family!
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