Neighborhood Characteristics, Bystander Automated External Defibrillator Use, and Patient Outcomes in Public Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) can be used by bystanders to provide rapid defibrillation for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Whether neighborhood characteristics are associated with AED use is unknown. Furthermore, the association between AED use and outcomes has not been well characterized for all (i.e. shockable and non-shockable) public OHCAs.

Source: Resuscitation - February 22, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Lars W. Andersen, Mathias J. Holmberg, Asger Granfeldt, Bo L øfgren, Kimberly Vellano, Bryan F. McNally, Bob Siegerink, Tobias Kurth, Michael W. Donnino, the CARES Surveillance Group Source Type: research