Purpose: Use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) by laypeople witnessing a cardiac
arrest allows a shock to be given sooner than waiting for EMS and higher survival
rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
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result. Standard safety signs in the UK
and Europe are designed to be placed near public AEDs to help people locate them.
The effectiveness of these signs has never been evaluated, but public AEDs are used
in only a minority of cardiac arrests.
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Many people are unable to recognise an AED or use it in an emergency.
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The Resuscitation Council (UK) and the British Heart Foundation are designing an
additional information sign to be placed near publicly available AEDs to encourage
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References
- A national scheme for public access defibrillation in England and Wales: early results.Resuscitation. 2008; 78: 275-280
- Standard sign for AEDs.2009 (Available from: http://www.resus.org.uk/pages/AEDsign.htm [accessed 20.05.15])
- Public access defibrillation remains out of reach for most victims of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest.Heart. 2014; 100: 619-623
- Public access defibrillation: time to access the public.Ann Emerg Med. 2011; 58: 240-247
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