CPR saved 100-plus heart attack victims last year

More than a hundred people survived a heart attack last year because someone witnessing the event started cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), figures show.

The Irish Heart Foundation says the figures from the Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Register proves that more lives can be saved when people perform CPR.

Last year 67% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occurred at home and most happened in front of a relative.