Lay Rescuer Automated External Defibrillator (“Public Access Defibrillation”) Programs
Lay Rescuer Automated External Defibrillator (“Public Access Defibrillation”) Programs is a scholarly work by Ahamed H Idris and Council on Clinical Cardiology, published in 2005 in ''Circulation''. The main subjects of the publication include defibrillator, lessons learned, intensive care medicine, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, defibrillation, disaster response, medicine, emergency medicine, resuscitation, trauma centre, cardiac arrest, automation, automated external defibrillator, circulatory system, medical emergency, multicenter clinical trial, and emergency medical services. Lay rescuer automated external defibrillator (AED) programs may increase the number of people experiencing sudden cardiac arrest who receive bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), can reduce time to defibrillation, and may improve survival from sudden cardiac arrest.