Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests Spiked in 2021, Study Finds

The researchers did not factor in vaccination status, instead aiming to examine the impact of COVID-19 on out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests Spiked in 2021, Study Finds
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Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
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Cardiac arrests that happened outside of hospitals spiked in 2021, according to a new U.S. study.

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests were higher after the COVID-19 pandemic than before the pandemic, U.S. researchers found.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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