Improving survival from Sudden Cardiac Arrest

🚨 Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Australia 🚨

• 32,213 out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests occur every year: That’s around 90 Australians every day — men and women, young and old, often fit and healthy people with no diagnosed heart condition.

• $2 billion is the estimated annual community cost

• Less than 10% of people survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

When sudden cardiac arrest strikes, survival rates remain alarmingly low — just 5–10% — leaving families, communities, and the broader economy devastated. The loss of young lives is felt most deeply.

Sudden cardiac arrest may be unpredictable, but it is not inevitable.

Category 5 is proud to be working alongside organisations such as AuSCAA, Queensland Ambulance Service, and GoodSAM to strengthen early intervention, improve bystander response, and help save more lives.