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San Francisco EMS aims to double cardiac‑arrest survival with 20/20/50 target; expands AED, training and data efforts
Summary
City EMS leaders presented '20/20/50' to reach a 50% survival rate for witnessed, shockable out‑of‑hospital cardiac arrest by 2020 and outlined broader '20/20/60' chronic‑disease initiatives. Plans include targeted AED placements, PulsePoint app rollout, improved EKG transmission and community CPR training.
San Francisco Emergency Medical Services officials outlined a plan to substantially increase survival after out‑of‑hospital cardiac arrest and to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease through targeted clinical and community interventions.
“We say at the end of 2020 what we would like in our city here is a 50 percent survival rate of somebody that has a witnessed cardiac arrest that has some type of CPR, or AED … and they're resuscitated and they walk out of the hospital with neurologic function intact,”…
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