Open AccessAutomated External Defibrillators Inaccessible to More Than Half of Nearby Cardiac Arrests in Public Locations During Evening, Nighttime, and Weekends
Author(s) -
Carolina Malta Hansen,
Mads Wissenberg,
Peter Weeke,
Martin H. Ruwald,
Morten Lamberts,
Freddy Lippert,
Gunnar Gislason,
Søren Nielsen,
Lars Køber,
Christian TorpPedersen,
Fredrik Folke
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.003066
Subject(s) - medicine , evening , cardiology , astronomy , physics
Despite wide dissemination, use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in community settings is limited. We assessed how AED accessibility affected coverage of cardiac arrests in public locations.
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