Real-world insight into public access defibrillator use over five years

• Published in: Open heart Vol. 7; no. 1; p. e001251
• Main Authors: Torney, Hannah, McAlister, Olibhéar, Harvey, Adam, Kernaghan, Amy, Funston, Rebecca, McCartney, Ben, Davis, Laura, Bond, Raymond, McEneaney, David, Adgey, Jennifer
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group 01.06.2020
• Series: Original research
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Arrhythmias and Sudden Death; Child; Child, Preschool; Defibrillators; Electric Countershock - instrumentation; Female; Health Services Accessibility; Humans; Infant; Male; Middle Aged; Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - mortality; Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - physiopathology; Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - therapy; Recovery of Function; Retrospective Studies; Time Factors; Time-to-Treatment; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult; ventricular fibrillation; resuscitation; ventricular tachycardia; defibrillation

Public access defibrillators (PADs) represent unique life-saving medical devices as they may be used by untrained lay rescuers. Collecting representative clinical data on these devices can be challenging. Here, we present results from a retrospective observational cohort study, describing real-world...