Public access defibrillation: improving accessibility and outcomes
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Public Access Defibrillation Programs: Improving Outcomes Worldwide.
O ut of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is one of the most frequent causes of death and leading cause of healthcare expenditures. This has led to significant research to study ways to reduce morbidity and mortality secondary to OHCA. The American Heart Association has developed a campaign to improve awareness and outcomes of patients suffering an OHCA. A prominent part of this campaign is the de...
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The single most important cause of death in the adult population of the industrialized word is sudden cardiac death (SCD) due to coronary artery disease (CAD). In a population based study the overall yearly incidence of SCD was 1 per 1000 persons aged 20 to 75 years of age. Overall 21% of deaths in men and 15% in women were sudden and unexpected. The vast majority of out of hospital deaths occu...
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Sudden cardiac death remains a worldwide health problem. More than 1000 such deaths occur daily in the United States; most are secondary to ventricular fibrillation (VF). Unfortunately, only about 5% of victims survive. Sudden cardiac death is the most common “accidental” death in the US. A combined total of all airline, automobile, and drowning deaths would not equal the number of accidental o...
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STUDY OBJECTIVE Public accessible automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are increasingly made available in highly frequented places, allowing coincidental bystanders to defibrillate with minimal delay if necessary. Although the public, as the largest and most readily available group of potential rescuers, is assigned a key role in this concept of "public" access defibrillation, it is unknown...
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BACKGROUND The strategy to place public-access automated external defibrillators (AEDs) has not yet been established in real settings. METHODS AND RESULTS This, prospective, population-based observational study in Osaka, Japan, included consecutive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients with resuscitation attempts during 7 years, from January 2005 through December 2011. The trends in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Medical Bulletin
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0007-1420,1471-8391
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldw011