The impact of locked cabinets for automated external defibrillators (AEDs) on cardiac arrest and AED outcomes: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rapid public defibrillation with automated external defibrillators (AEDs) is critical to improving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival. Concerns about AED theft and vandalism have led to implementing security measures, including locked cabinets. This scoping review, conducted as part of the evidence review for the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation, explores the impact of securing AEDs in locked cabinets.

Methods

Searches of Medline, Embase, Cochrane, CINAHL (from database inception to 25/5/2024) and Google Scholar (first 200 articles). Studies of any type or design, published with an English abstract, examining the impact of locked AED cabinets were included. The included studies were grouped by outcomes, and an iterative narrative synthesis was

SUBMITTER: Oonyu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11474218 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature