Public-access defibrillation and survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

This study shows that enhancing a well-developed, monitored, layperson-enacted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) response plan by adding automated external defibrillators (AEDS) and AED training can increase the number of survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in public locations. Training and equipping volunteers to attempt early defibrillation with in a structured response system can increase the number of survivors to hospital discharge after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in public locations.