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In the U.S., a lack of training and readiness to deal with cardiac arrests contributes to thousands of deaths a year

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More than 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of a hospital setting in the United States annually .

In 9 of 10 cases, the person dies because help doesn’t arrive quickly enough.

Every minute that passes without intervention reduces the odds of survival by 10% .

A lack of training and readiness to deal with this relatively common medical emergency contributes to thousands of deaths a year.

In Denmark , such training has been required to get a driver’s license since the 2000s .

Norway has provided first -aid training in primary schools since 1961 .

In the United States , many training courses are available, online and in person, that take only a few hours to complete.

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