States Set to Pass Laws Limiting Liability for Lay Users of Automated External Defibrillators
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States set to pass laws limiting liability for lay users of automated external defibrillators.
Individual states appear ready to pick up the torch for limiting the liability of lay users of automated external defibrillators (AEDs), even though hopes for a national law were extinguished in the last congressional session. The Cardiac Arrest Survival Act that was introduced in the last Congress is being revamped before it is reintroduced, said Pat Bowser, who coordinates the public access d...
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The use of automated external defibrillators (AED) by lay people has the potential to markedly increase survival from community cardiac arrest. Wider public use of AEDs requires units that can be operated safely and effectively by people with minimal or no training. This study compares the use of three AEDs by untrained lay people regarding ease-of-use, safety, pad positioning and time to defib...
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BACKGROUND Automated external defibrillators save lives when they are used by designated personnel in certain public settings. We performed a two-year prospective study at three Chicago airports to assess whether random bystanders witnessing out-of-hospital cardiac arrests would retrieve and successfully use automated external defibrillators. METHODS Defibrillators were installed a brisk 60-t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.99.20.2606