Automated External Defibrillator Use After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest at Recreational Facilities

Ahmed A Kolkailah; Paul S Chan; Qiang Li; Anezi Uzendu; Mirza S Khan; Saket Girotra

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.7248

Automated External Defibrillator Use After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest at Recreational Facilities

JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Feb 1;184(2):218-220. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.7248.

Authors

Ahmed A Kolkailah¹, Paul S Chan², Qiang Li¹, Anezi Uzendu¹, Mirza S Khan², Saket Girotra¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
² Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and the Division of Cardiology, University of Missouri-Kansas City.

PMID: 38165699
PMCID: PMC10762630 (available on 2025-01-02)
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.7248

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Plain language summary

This cohort study examines bystander automated external defibrillator (AED) application and survival outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest at recreational facilities in US states with and without AED legislation.

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MeSH terms

Defibrillators
Electric Countershock
Humans
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest* / therapy