In this issue of Resuscitation Sondergaard et al. [
[1]
] report that the likelihood of receiving bystander defibrillation decreases quickly
as the distance from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) to the nearest Automated
External Defibrillator (AED) increases. Bystander automated external defibrillation
– when performed – saves lives. The best available data from a recent systematic review
and meta-analysis [
[2]
] reports that the chances of survival (odds ratio 1.73; 95% confidence interval 1.36–2.18)
and favourable neurological outcome (odds ratio 2.12; 95% CI 1.36–3.29) double when
defibrillation is undertaken by a bystander.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Publication history
Published online: January 11, 2018
Received:
December 31,
2017
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