Efforts to improve AED usage increase bystander defibrillation in public but not at home

(European Society of Cardiology) Efforts to improve automated external defibrillator (AED) usage increase bystander defibrillation in public places but not at home, reveals a study of more than 25 000 cardiac arrest patients presented at ESC Congress today by Dr. Steen Hansen, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Health, Science and Technology at Aalborg University in Denmark. Efforts included increased numbers of AEDs, cardiopulmonary resuscitation education and a nationwide AED registry.