Open AccessIncreasing the Availability of Automated External Defibrillators at Sporting Events: A Call to Action from the American College of Sports Medicine
Author(s) -
Paul D. Thompson,
Aaron L. Baggish,
Michael J. Blaha,
Clinton A. Brawner,
JoAnn M. EickhoffShemek,
Tamerah Hunt,
William E. Kraus
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current sports medicine reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.424
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1537-8918
pISSN - 1537-890X
DOI - 10.1249/jsr.0000000000000870
Subject(s) - automated external defibrillator , defibrillation , medicine , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , medical emergency , call to action , sports medicine , sudden cardiac arrest , action (physics) , shock (circulatory) , resuscitation , emergency medicine , physical therapy , advertising , physics , quantum mechanics , business
Given that most sudden cardiac arrests (SCAs) occur outside of a medical facility, often in association with exercise and sporting events, and given that early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) plus defibrillation is the strongest predictor of survival from SCA, this Call to Action from the American College of Sports Medicine recommends increasing the availability and effectiveness of early CPR plus defibrillation so that the time from collapse-to-first automated external defibrillator shock is less than 3 min.