People who experience cardiac arrests during weekends have fewer chances of survival compared to those who undergo the same medical emergency over weekdays claims a study. The preliminary research was presented at the American Heart Association's Resuscitation Science Symposium 2019 in Philadelphia. UK researchers investigated survival-to-hospital admission for patients who suffered an out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest and were treated by a publicly accessible automated external defibrillator (AED). They analysed data of nearly 3000 patients worldwide and noted that 27 per cent survived to hospital admission in line with other independent studies. Overall researchers found that patients who suffered a cardiac
