Public-access defibrillation: where do we place the AEDs?
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Prehospital Emergency Care
- Vol. 3 (4), 303-305
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10903129908958958
Abstract
Many prehospital cardiac arrests occur in public places. Even the best EMS systems have a finite response time. Therefore, it has been recommended that automated external defibrillators (AEDs) be placed in public areas for immediate access by trained members of the general public.Keywords
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