Courtesy Seattle & King County Public Health. SEATTLE -- Public health officials report sudden cardiac survival rates in King County are now the highest in the world. Despite this great achievement, leaders in the community are striving to do even better. In 2012, 55 percent of sudden cardiac arrest victims in King County survived and 85 percent of those maintained good neurological functioning. That survival rate has doubled in the county since 2002 and is significantly higher than the nation's average of 8 percent, according to Dr. Mickey Eisenberg, medical director for King County Emergency Medical Services.
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