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Survival of cardiac arrest continues to be very poor. Survival is dependent on the characteristics of the cardiac arrest, on the patient’s medical history, and the time between the cardiac arrest en start of resuscitation. The introduction of the automated external defibrillator (AED) has dramatically increased survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims.<cite>ESCTextbook</cite> | Survival of cardiac arrest continues to be very poor. Survival is dependent on the characteristics of the cardiac arrest, on the patient’s medical history, and the time between the cardiac arrest en start of resuscitation. The introduction of the automated external defibrillator (AED) has dramatically increased survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims.<cite>ESCTextbook</cite> | ||