The New Zealand medical journal
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To review the rate of survival to hospital discharge of victims of out of hospital cardiac arrest in Christchurch 1992-3. ⋯ Rates of survival to hospital discharge for out of hospital cardiac arrest in Christchurch compare favourably with published averages but are below rates considered the best achievable. Gains might be attained by improving rates of immediate call of emergency medical services and bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation and by reducing time to defibrillation.