Missed Opportunity: AEDs Near Cardiac Arrests Rarely Used by Bystanders – American College of Cardiology
Contact: Nicole Napoli, nnapoli@acc.org, 202-669-1465 Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are a common resource in public buildings, yet a new analysis reveals that they are rarely used to help resuscitate people suffering cardiac arrest. Research, which will be presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session, found that AEDs were only used in 13 of nearly 1,800 cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, even though many of the incidents occurred near a public AED. Cardiac