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Ugeskr Laeger
; 171(5): 308-10, 2009 Jan 26.
Article
in Danish
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19176157
ABSTRACT
Early defibrillation is a determinant of survival in cardiac arrest. We report a Danish case of successful in-hospital resuscitation using an automated external defibrillator (AED). This case illustrates important aspects of implementation of in-hospital use of an AED, i.e. location of the AED, education of the staff, systematic registration and data collection and technical aspects of AED use. If in-hospital AED implementation is carefully executed, its use may provide a safe and effective way of obtaining early defibrillation.