Development of a centralised national AED (automated external defibrillator) network across all ambulance services in the United Kingdom.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation is key to increasing survival following an out-of-hospital-cardiac-arrest (OHCA). However, automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are used in a very small percentage of cases. Despite large numbers of AEDs in the community, the absence of a unified system for registering their locations across the UK's ambulance services may have resulted in missed opportunities to save lives. Therefore, representatives from the resuscitation community worked alongside ambulance services to develop a single repository for data on the location of AEDs in the UK.

Methods

A national defibrillator network, "The Circuit", was developed by the British Heart Foundation in collaboration with the Association of Ambulance Chief Execut

SUBMITTER: O'Sullivan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11382004 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature