Use of Automated External Defibrillators in US Federal Buildings: Implementation of the Federal Occupational Health Public Access Defibrillation Program

OBJECTIVE:Federal Occupational Health (FOH) administers a nationwide public access defibrillation program in US federal buildings. We describe the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in federal buildings and evaluate survival after cardiac arrest. METHODS:Using the FOH database, we exami...

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Published in:Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2014-01, Vol.56 (1), p.86-91
Main Authors: Kilaru, Austin S., Leffer, Marc, Perkner, John, Sawyer, Kate Flanigan, Jolley, Chandra E., Nadkarni, Lindsay D., Shofer, Frances S., Merchant, Raina M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Buildings
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Defibrillators
Electric Countershock
Emergencies
Federal Government
Female
First Aid
Heart Arrest - etiology
Heart Arrest - therapy
Heart attacks
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Occupational Health
Occupational medicine
Original Article
Public access
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Retrospective Studies
Survival Rate
Tachycardia, Ventricular - therapy
United States
Ventricular Fibrillation - therapy
Young Adult
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Summary:OBJECTIVE:Federal Occupational Health (FOH) administers a nationwide public access defibrillation program in US federal buildings. We describe the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in federal buildings and evaluate survival after cardiac arrest. METHODS:Using the FOH database, we examined reported events in which an AED was brought to a medical emergency in federal buildings over a 14-year period, from 1999 to 2012. RESULTS:There were 132 events involving an AED, 96 (73%) of which were due to cardiac arrest of cardiac etiology. Of 54 people who were witnessed to experience a cardiac arrest and presented with ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia, 21 (39%) survived to hospital discharge. CONCLUSIONS:Public access defibrillation, along with protocols to install, maintain, and deploy AEDs and train first responders, benefits survival after cardiac arrest in the workplace.
ISSN:1076-2752
1536-5948
DOI:10.1097/JOM.0000000000000042