| Cardiac arrest in medical and dental practices: implications for automated external defibrillators. | |
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PMID: 11427098 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: To determine the need for placing automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in medical and dental practices, we identified cardiac arrests at these locations. METHODS: Locations of cardiac arrest were abstracted from Emergency Medical Services data from January 1, 1990, through December 31, 1996. We calculated the annual incidence of cardiac arrest per type of practice. RESULTS: There were 142 cardiac arrests in medical or dental practices. Dialysis centers had a relatively high incidence of cardiac arrest (>/=0.746 per practice annually). Cardiology, internal and family medicine, and urgent care centers had a medium incidence (>/=0.01 per practice annually). All other medical and dental practices had a low incidence (</=0.002 annually). CONCLUSIONS: Placement of 779 AEDs in the high- and medium-incidence practices would have provided treatment for 112 patients with cardiac arrest in 7 years. To provide for the 16 cardiac arrests in low-incidence practices, an additional 1928 AEDs would be required. |
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Authors:
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L Becker; M Eisenberg; C Fahrenbruch; L Cobb |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Archives of internal medicine Volume: 161 ISSN: 0003-9926 ISO Abbreviation: Arch. Intern. Med. Publication Date: 2001 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2001-06-27 Completed Date: 2001-07-19 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372440 Medline TA: Arch Intern Med Country: United States |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1509-12 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Emergency Medical Services Division, 999 Third Ave, Suite 700, Seattle, WA 98104, USA. linda.becker@metrokc.gov |
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Age Distribution Aged Dentist's Practice Patterns* Electric Countershock / instrumentation* Emergency Medical Services / utilization Female Heart Arrest / epidemiology*, therapy* Humans Incidence Male Middle Aged Needs Assessment Office Visits / statistics & numerical data* Physician's Practice Patterns* Registries Risk Assessment Sensitivity and Specificity Sex Distribution Washington / epidemiology |
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