Implications for public access defibrillation placement by non‐traumatic out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest occurrence in Singapore

Abstract

In this study, we found the categories and individual sites that clearly fulfilled the American Heart Association criteria of at least 1 OHCA per site per 5 years. This study provides a model of how cardiac arrest registry data can be used to guide local health policy on automated external defibrillator deployment.

Cardiac arrest in the workplace and its outcome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…was selected after full-reading. After full-text reading,17 papers were included [10][11][12]3,13,14,4,15,5,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] . Agreement between the two reviewers was good (kappa 0.90).…”

Getting R-AEDI to save lives in Singapore

“…(11) Over the years, some private and public organisations installed AEDs in various locations, but as there was no national AED registry prior to 2013, the public and the SCDF 995 control room were unaware of the existence of these AEDs. (12) Due to the absence of servicing contracts, maintenance of the AEDs was performed by the individual organisations, who, due to the low utility, may not be aware of the need for regular battery and pad replacement. In 2014, the MHA started the first AED leasing contract for public access AEDs under the Save-A-Life scheme, which bundled the cost of maintenance with that of replacement batteries and pads.…”

Singapore Defibrillation Guidelines 2016

“…Kitamura et al noted a relationship among increasing density of AED coverage, improved response times and survival. (44) A local study (45) found that port/airport/immigration checkpoints, hotels/ hostels, transport facilities, sports/recreational facilities, and health/medical care facilities are high-yield public sites for AED placement. A registry for AED integration, R-AEDi, has recently been established to help link fi rst responders to the nearest AED during an emergency.…”