title: Reality of out of hospital cardiac arrest.
abstract: The high mortality rates associated with out of hospital cardiac arrest, particularly those occurring in the home, stress the need for early treatment in the form of publicly accessible external defibrillators.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: O'Rourke
mesh_terms: D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy*