The AED Project: Multiorganization Collaboration to Streamline Automatic External Defibrillator Data in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), automated external defibrillator (AED) devices contain valuable data about the patient's initial rhythm. The retrieval process was previously without protocol, despite its critical role in the patient journey.

Methods

Through a Plan-Do-Study-Act model, the cardiology department at Royal Jubilee Hospital (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) collaborated with provincial emergency health services (British Columbia Emergency Health Services) to cocreate a request process for data from AEDs used by first responders. British Columbia Fire Departments, which are under municipal oversight, required an alternate strategy. Educational presentations allowed for feedback and spread. Patients surviving OHCA and transfer t

SUBMITTER: Burden L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8209392 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature