Annals of emergency medicine
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Editorial Comment
Travel or traffic: either way, emergency service may be delayed.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Cost-effectiveness of lay responder defibrillation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Our objective is to evaluate the incremental cost-effectiveness of use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillators (AEDs) by lay responders (CPR+AED) versus CPR only for cardiac arrest during a multicenter randomized trial. ⋯ Training and equipping lay volunteers to defibrillate in public places may have an incremental cost-effectiveness that is similar to that of other common health interventions.