TCTMD

Even When Nearby, Public AEDs Get Little Use in OHCA

Having automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public spaces is no guarantee that they will be used, with a new study showing that less than 10% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) situations ...
TCTMD

‘I Have the Cure’: App Volunteers Up Bystander CPR and AED Use in OHCA

The activation of a system to dispatch volunteer responders—done with a smartphone application or text message—is associated with a greater chance that people experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac ...
Healio

Rates of AED use low, even when located near an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the rate of automated external defibrillator use was low.
Business Wire

Survey Reveals Critical Gap: 90% of Americans Want You—the Bystander—to Use an AED to Help Save Their Life in a Cardiac Emergency, But Less Than Half Believe They Have Same ...

CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In advance of National Heart Health Month, and on the heels of the milestone passing of the HEARTS Act, ZOLL® Medical’s Anything Can Happen. Anyone Can Help.™ ...
AOL

What is an AED? This medical device can save lives after cardiac arrest.

About 90% of the 350,000 cardiac arrests that happen outside a hospital each year are fatal. However, a simple medical device, an automated external defibrillator (AED), can save lives. According to ...
Nature

Trends in maintenance status and usability of public automated external defibrillators during a 5-year on-site inspection

This study aimed to assess the trend of the maintenance status and usability of public automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Public AEDs installed in Seoul from 2013 to 2017 were included. An ...