Military medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the combat hospital and forward operating base: use of automated external defibrillators.
Time to defibrillation (t(defib)) directly correlates with survival from cardiac arrest. We investigated whether automated external defibrillators (AED) in a combat setting would improve this crucial variable. ⋯ In simulated cardiac arrest, the AED model demonstrated significantly improved t(defib) compared to the standard response for both training and combat settings.