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1 European Resuscitation Council - https://www.erc.edu/projects/escape-net.
2 Chandra, N, et al. JACC. 2013;61(10)1027-1040.
3 Drezner, JA, et al. HeartRhythm. 2007;4:4 549-565.
4 Wallert J, et al. Am Heart J. 2017;191:12-20
5 "About SCA." Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation Website, http://www.sca-aware.org/about-sca.Accessed 14 Nov. 2017.
6 American Heart Association Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics - 2018 Update, Published online in Circulation, Jan. 31, 2018.
7 European Resuscitation Council, European Registry of Cardiac Arrest - Study TWO (EuReCa TWO)