Temporal Trends in Coverage of Historical Cardiac Arrests Using a Volunteer-Based Network of Automated External Defibrillators Accessible to Laypersons and Emergency Dispatch Centers | Zendy

Carolina Malta Hansen | Zendy; Freddy Lippert | Zendy; Mads Wissenberg | Zendy; Peter Weeke | Zendy; Line Zinckernagel | Zendy; Martin H. Ruwald | Zendy; Lena Karlsson | Zendy; Gunnar Gislason | Zendy; Søren Nielsen | Zendy; Lars Køber | Zendy; Christian TorpPedersen | Zendy; Fredrik Folke | Zendy

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Temporal Trends in Coverage of Historical Cardiac Arrests Using a Volunteer-Based Network of Automated External Defibrillators Accessible to Laypersons and Emergency Dispatch Centers

Author(s) -

Carolina Malta Hansen,

Freddy Lippert,

Mads Wissenberg,

Peter Weeke,

Line Zinckernagel,

Martin H. Ruwald,

Lena Karlsson,

Gunnar Gislason,

Søren Nielsen,

Lars Køber,

Christian TorpPedersen,

Fredrik Folke

Publication year - 2014

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.114.008850

Subject(s) - medicine , defibrillation , automated external defibrillator , medical emergency , emergency medical services , emergency medicine , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , cardiology , resuscitation

Although increased dissemination of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) has been associated with more frequent AED use, the trade-off between the number of deployed AEDs and coverage of cardiac arrests remains unclear. We investigated how volunteer-based AED dissemination affected public cardiac arrest coverage in high- and low-risk areas.

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