Approximately 50% of patients hospitalized with AMI have no pre-existing cardiovascular disease.
How many times is basic resuscitation attempted outside hospitals in Denmark?
In Denmark, basic resuscitation is attempted in less than 20% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.
Mary Shelly kept her late husband’s heart
Mary Shelly (the author of Frankenstein) kept her late husband’s heart and carried it around for almost 30 years until her death in 1985. The heart was found in a desk drawer a year later, where it was wrapped in one of Mary Shelly’s last poems.
