title: Benchmarking is key to prevention of cardiac arrest.
abstract: The automatic triggering of a critical incident review for all unexpected cardiac arrests, as proposed by the National Patient Safety Agency (news August 25), should enable organisations to identify readily the remedial factors that may contribute towards a 'failure to rescue'.
authors.affiliation: Resuscitation Council UK.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Spearpoint