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2010, ResuscitationCitation Excerpt :One RCT (LOE 1)197, four prospective controlled cohort studies (LOE 2)357–360, one study using historical controls (LOE 3)361, nine observational studies (LOE 4)226,227,362–368, and one mathematical modeling study (LOE 5)369 showed that AED programs are safe and feasible and significantly increase survival of out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation (VF) cardiac arrest if the emergency response plan is effectively implemented and sustained. For EMS programs, 10 studies (LOE 1370; LOE 2358; LOE 3224,371,372; LOE 4373–377) supported AED use; 11 studies (LOE 2378,379; LOE 3380–383; LOE 4384–388) were neutral, and two meta-analyses359,389 suggested benefit. For first-responder use, two studies (LOE 2390; LOE 3391) supported use of AEDs by fire or police first responders, but six studies (LOE 1392; LOE 2393; LOE 3394–396; LOE 4397) were neutral.
A comprehensive investigation of cardiac arrest before and after arrival of emergency medical services
2010, ResuscitationCitation Excerpt :A few studies have reported demographic trends and survival in patients who arrested after arrival as their primary objective.7–14 Additionally, other studies have reported data on patients who arrested after arrival secondary to other purposes.15–27 Like our study, most of these papers reported around 10% of all cardiac arrests occurred after arrival of EMS, though proportions varied from less than 5% in Ketchikan, Alaska20 and Alachua County, Florida,25 to over 30% on San Juan Island, Washington.15
Evaluation of the Outcome of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Efforts in Denizli, Turkey
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