Department of hmm….

People who suffer a life-threatening alteration
in heart rhythms are more likely to survive if they are in a casino or
airport than if they are in a hospital, researchers have reported.

Doctors
already knew that more than half of those who suffer such attacks in
airports and casinos survive. But a new study in hospitals shows that
only a third of victims there survive, primarily because patients do
not receive life-saving defibrillation within the recommended two
minutes.

Here is one summary, here are others. Note of course the results do not adjust for the lower quality of patient in the hospitals.

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