In the LT group, 18.3% of patients survived 72 hours in the hospital, compared to 15.4% in the intubation group. From the LT group, 10.8% survived to hospital discharge, and only 8.1% in the intubation group. The proportion of patients from the LT group who survived with good brain function was also higher. In the study, the largest of its kind, survival rates for 3000 adults who had had a cardiac arrest and were treated by paramedics from 27 emergency medical services agencies between December 2015 and November 2016, were analysed.

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