Nationwide Public-Access Defibrillation in Japan

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Tetsuhisa Kitamura · Kyoto University

Taku Iwami · Kyoto University

Takashi Kawamura · Kyoto University

Ken Nagao · Surugadai Nihon University Hospital

Hideharu Tanaka · Kokushikan University

Atsushi Hiraide · Kyoto University

Abstract

Nationwide dissemination of public-access AEDs in Japan resulted in earlier administration of shocks by laypersons and in an increase in the 1-month rate of survival with minimal neurologic impairment after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

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Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 362, Issue 11, pp. 994-1004

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0906644

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Nationwide Public-Access Defibrillation in Japan

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