Key result
This protocol for a Cochrane Review outlines the planned evaluation of different methods of early AED application versus standard care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, with no results yet available.
Why the study?
The effectiveness of different methods of early AED application compared to standard care in witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in public settings is not established.
Systematic Review
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OBJECTIVES: is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows:. To establish the effectiveness of different methods of early AED application (non-dispatched layperson, dispatched layperson, dispatched professional, drone delivery - all interventions) versus standard care (comparator) in adults who suffer a witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a public setting (population) upon outcomes of survival and neurological function.
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Tindale et al. (2021) conducted a systematic review in Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Different methods of early AED application (non-dispatched layperson, dispatched layperson, dispatched professional, drone delivery) vs. Standard care was evaluated on Survival and neurological function. This protocol for a Cochrane Review outlines the planned evaluation of different methods of early AED application versus standard care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, with no results yet available.
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