Summary: This presentation provides an insight into HeartSine PAD use by lay rescuers and the effectiveness of PADs over a ten-year period.
Synopsis: Public Access Defibrillators (PADs) have become commonplace in our communities and are regularly being used by untrained or minimally-trained lay-rescuers to treat patients suffering sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). This presentation provides an insight into PAD use by these rescuers and the effectiveness of PADs over a ten-year period.
Electronic data downloaded from HeartSine samaritan PADs and patient demographics, were collected between October 2012 and October 2022. Data were collected from 6,173 patient events in 43 countries. The most common locations of HeartSine PAD use were homes (40.8%), public (32.8%), medical facilities (10.6%), sports facilities (8.3%) and workplaces (4.7%).
Please join us to review the results of this important study and to learn more about placing AEDs in the home to save even more lives.
Learning Objectives:
Global analysis of public access defibrillator (PAD) data is rarely published. This data is self-reported by the lay public, giving valuable insight into pre-hospital PAD use.
This data may further disseminate the importance of PAD use by lay-rescuers and reassure the rescuers of the safety and effectiveness of PADs which could improve survival outcomes.
We know that survival outcomes are improved in locations where the PAD is ready in situ, such as sports facilities. We should now consider those locations which don’t have a PAD in situ, such as homes and residential areas.
