CPR training less common among older adults, who may be at highest risk of sudden cardiac arrest

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) More than 350,000 Americans suffer from out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest each year. But only 32 percent of cardiac arrest victims nationwide receive the lifesaving intervention. New research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania sheds light on training gaps that could pave the way to boosting the number of people who are prepared to jump into action.