Purpose: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in children and adolescents is rare, with only
a minority of cases occurring while at school. When Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) does
occur on school premises it is more likely to affect an adult (staff member or visitor)
than a pupil. The difficulty of predicting school-based OHCA among both paediatric
and adult populations hinders the planning of prevention or treatment strategies.
Many schools have installed Automatic External Defibrillators (AED), but developing
comprehensive strategies (including the need for an AED and the necessary training)
would be helped by accurate data regarding the epidemiology of cardiac arrest occurring
at schools.
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