Highlights the potential need to prioritize targeted educational programs for at-risk patients and their relatives, as SCD frequently occurs at home following warning symptoms.
SCD occurs most often at home in the presence of relatives and after a longer period of typical warning symptoms. Although the much-hailed use of public access defibrillation is supported by several studies, the present results raise the question of whether educational measures and targeted educational programs tailored for patients at risk and their relatives should have a higher priority.
Müller et al. (2006) studied this question.