Increasing the Availability of Automated External Defibrillators at Sporting Events: A Call to Action from the American College of Sports Medicine
AUTHORS
Thompson
PD ,
Baggish
AL ,
Blaha
MJ ,
Brawner
CA ,
Eickhoff-Shemek
JM ,
Hunt
TN ,
Kraus
WE ,
. Current sports medicine reports. ; 20(8). 418-419
- PMID: 34357888 [PubMed].
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: Given that most sudden cardiac arrests (SCAs) occur outside of a medical facility, often in association with exercise and sporting events, and given that early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) plus defibrillation is the strongest predictor of survival from SCA, this Call to Action from the American College of Sports Medicine recommends increasing the availability and effectiveness of early CPR plus defibrillation so that the time from collapse-to-first automated external defibrillator shock is less than 3 min.
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