India, Oct. 17 -- India PR Distribution

New Delhi [India], October 17: As a part of World "Restart a Heart Day" a widespread initiative from six All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)--Mangalagiri, Bhubaneswar, Raipur, Deoghar, Bathinda, and Rishikesh-- and the American Heart Association is seeking to improve outcomes from sudden cardiac arrest that occurs outside of the hospital. It is part of a larger effort, CPR Awareness Week, observed from 13 October to 17 October throughout India this year.

Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is a life-threatening emergency where the heart suddenly stops beating. A vast majority of these events occur outside hospitals and are referred to as Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests (OHCA). Without immedia...