Defibrillator Deployment in France: Time to Put an End to the Current Anarchy. The ANAR-AED Study

Bruno Thomas-Lamotte; Maël Blandin; Alexis Marouk; Nordine Bénameur; Frédéric Lapostolle

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2026.110962

January 1, 2026ResuscitationOpen Access

Defibrillator Deployment in France: Time to Put an End to the Current Anarchy. The ANAR-AED Study

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Key Points

To identify criteria governing public-access automated external defibrillator (AED) deployment across administrative departments in France.
Conducted an ecological, department-level study using data from the national Géo'DAE registry across 95 administrative departments of metropolitan France as of November 1st, 2025.
Evaluated correlations between departmental registered AED counts and 21 health, economic, and social indicators, including population density, heart failure prevalence, and healthcare professionals.
A total of 160,029 AEDs were registered, representing approximately 32% of all deployed AEDs in France.
Departmental AED counts did not correlate with population size (r = 0.04), with a median of 167 (IQR 39–283) AEDs per 100,000 inhabitants and values ranging from 2 to 3137 per 100,000 inhabitants.
None of the 21 investigated indicators demonstrated a significant correlation with departmental AED counts, with correlation coefficients ranging from -0.04 to +0.27.

Structured PICO

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Population

95 administrative departments of metropolitan France, analyzing 160,029 registered automated external defibrillators (AEDs) from the national database.

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Outcome

Correlation between the number of registered AEDs per department and 21 health, economic, and social indicators

The deployment of automated external defibrillators in France lacks rational or evidence-based criteria, showing no correlation with population density or other key health and socioeconomic indicators.

Limitations

Two thirds of AEDs are not registered
Potential unmeasured factors

Implication

Current deployment may not maximize survival; leaves open whether evidence-based criteria would improve AED effectiveness.

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Thomas-Lamotte et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/696321ff91e05aa366cb85f3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2026.110962

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Implication

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Defibrillator Deployment in France: Time to Put an End to the Current Anarchy. The ANAR-AED Study

Key Points

Structured PICO

Limitations

Implication

Abstract

Discussion

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