TY - JOUR
T1 - Lay rescuer automated external defibrillator ("public access defibrillation") programs
T2 - Lessons learned from an international multicenter trial advisory statement from the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Committee; the Council on Cardiopulmonary, Perioperative, and Critical Care; and the Council on Clinical Cardiology
AU - Hazinski, Mary F.
AU - Idris, Ahamed H.
AU - Kerber, Richard E.
AU - Epstein, Andrew
AU - Atkins, Dianne
AU - Tang, Wanchun
AU - Lurie, Keith
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2005/6/21
Y1 - 2005/6/21
N2 - Lay rescuer automated external defibrillator (AED) programs may increase the number of people experiencing sudden cardiac arrest who receive bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), can reduce time to defibrillation, and may improve survival from sudden cardiac arrest. These programs require an organized and practiced response, with rescuers trained and equipped to recognize emergencies, activate the emergency medical services system, provide CPR, and provide defibrillation. To determine the effect of public access defibrillation (PAD) programs on survival and other outcomes after SCA, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the American Heart Association (AHA), and others funded a large prospective randomized trial. The results of this study were recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine and support current AHA recommendations for lay rescuer AED programs and emphasis on planning, training, and practice of CPR and use of AEDs. The purpose of this statement is to highlight important findings of the Public Access Defibrillation Trial and summarize implications of these findings for healthcare providers, healthcare policy advocates, and the AHA training network.
AB - Lay rescuer automated external defibrillator (AED) programs may increase the number of people experiencing sudden cardiac arrest who receive bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), can reduce time to defibrillation, and may improve survival from sudden cardiac arrest. These programs require an organized and practiced response, with rescuers trained and equipped to recognize emergencies, activate the emergency medical services system, provide CPR, and provide defibrillation. To determine the effect of public access defibrillation (PAD) programs on survival and other outcomes after SCA, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the American Heart Association (AHA), and others funded a large prospective randomized trial. The results of this study were recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine and support current AHA recommendations for lay rescuer AED programs and emphasis on planning, training, and practice of CPR and use of AEDs. The purpose of this statement is to highlight important findings of the Public Access Defibrillation Trial and summarize implications of these findings for healthcare providers, healthcare policy advocates, and the AHA training network.
KW - AHA Science Advisory
KW - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
KW - Defibrillation
KW - Fibrillation
KW - Heart arrest
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U2 - 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.165674
DO - 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.165674
M3 - Article
C2 - 15967864
AN - SCOPUS:21144457262
SN - 0009-7322
VL - 111
SP - 3336
EP - 3340
JO - Circulation
JF - Circulation
IS - 24
ER -