• Resuscitation · May 2021

    Use and Coverage of Automated External Defibrillators According to Location in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

    • Laura Sarkisian, Hans Mickley, Henrik Schakow, Oke Gerke, Simon Michael Starck, Jonas Junghans Jensen, Jacob Eifer Møller, Gitte Jørgensen, and HenriksenFinn LundFLResearch Unit of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, J.B. Winsløws Vej 4, 5000 Odense C, Denmark. Electronic address: Finn.L.Henriksen@rsyd.dk..
    • Research Unit of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, J.B. Winsløws Vej 4, 5000 Odense C, Denmark; OPEN, Odense Patient Data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. Electronic address: sarkisian86@hotmail.com.
    • Resuscitation. 2021 May 1; 162: 112-119.

    AimsTo evaluate 1) the relative use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at different types of AED locations 2) the percentage of AEDs crossing location types during OHCA before use 3) the AED coverage distance at different types of AED locations, and 4) the 30-day-survival in different subgroups.MethodsFrom 2014-2018, AEDs used by bystanders during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in the Region of Southern Denmark were collected. Data regarding registered AEDs was retrieved from the national AED-network. The OHCA site and AED placement was categorized into; 1) Residential; 2) Public; 3) Nursing home, 4) Company/workplace; 5) Institution; 6) Health clinic and 7) Sports facility/recreational. To evaluate 30-day-survival, groups 4-7 were pooled into one Mixed group.ResultsIn total 509 OHCAs were included. There was high relative usage of AEDs from public places, nursing homes, health clinics and sports facilities, and low relative usage from companies/workplaces, residential areas and institutions. Of AEDs used during residential OHCAs 39% were collected from public places. AEDs placed in residential areas and public places had a coverage of 575 m (IQR 130-1300) and 270 m (IQR5-550), respectively. Thirty-day- survival in public, residential and mixed groups were 49%, 14% and 67%, respectively.ConclusionThe relative use of AEDs from public places, nursing homes, sports facilities and health clinics was high, and AEDs used during OHCA in residential areas were most frequently collected from public places. AEDs placed in both residential areas and public places may have a wider coverage area than proposed in current literature.Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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