Effectiveness of automated external defibrillators in high schools in greater Boston

Hannah England; Caitlin Hoffman; Thomas Hodgman; Sushil Singh; Munther Homoud; Jonathan Weinstock; Mark Link; N A Mark Estes 3rd

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.02.020

Effectiveness of automated external defibrillators in high schools in greater Boston

Am J Cardiol. 2005 Jun 15;95(12):1484-6. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.02.020.

Authors

Hannah England¹, Caitlin Hoffman, Thomas Hodgman, Sushil Singh, Munther Homoud, Jonathan Weinstock, Mark Link, N A Mark Estes 3rd

Affiliation

¹ New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.

PMID: 15950579
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.02.020

Abstract

A program using a strategy of donating a single automatic external defibrillator to 35 schools in the Boston area resulted in compliance with American Heart Association guidelines on automatic external defibrillator placement and training and 2 successful resuscitations from sudden cardiac arrest. Participating schools indicated a high degree of satisfaction with the program.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Boston / epidemiology
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Data Collection
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / epidemiology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control
Defibrillators* / statistics & numerical data
Electric Countershock* / economics
Electric Countershock* / statistics & numerical data
Emergency Treatment* / methods
Heart Arrest / epidemiology
Heart Arrest / therapy*
Humans
Liability, Legal
Manikins
Public Health
Resuscitation / education*
Resuscitation / instrumentation
Schools*