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magical thyme

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7. it's true that minutes and seconds count. however it is also true

Reply to riverwalker (Reply #5)

Thu Jan 9, 2014, 06:45 PM

Jan 2014

that, unlike as portrayed on tv and in the movies, very few people survive cardiac arrest and that the older you are, the less likely you are to survive it.

Per the article, it seems like the ambulance was already en route to the car accident, so was delayed but not by as much as if it had not already been dispatched.

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