Slow FDNY response times spur 80% death rate for NYC cardiac arrests
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Slow FDNY response times spur 80% death rate for NYC cardiac arrests

ByNews Polite

Four out of five New Yorkers who go into cardiac arrest die as the FDNY’s response times to medical emergencies continue to soar. City firefighters and medics revived just 20% of all cardiac-arrest patients during the fiscal year ending June 30, the worst success rate since the FDNY began documenting…