First Survival Case of an Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patient Shocked using a Public-Access Automated External Defibrillator in Korea.
- Author:
Chang Won LEE
1
;
Gyu Chong CHO
;
Keun Jeong SONG
;
June Soo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cardiac Arrest;
Automated External Defibrillators
- MeSH:
Death, Sudden, Cardiac;
Defibrillators;
Heart Arrest;
Humans;
Korea;
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest;
Shock
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2011;22(3):279-282
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Early defibrillation with an automated external defibrillator (AED) is crucial to survival success in sudden cardiac arrest. Dissemination of public-access AEDs have increased the frequency of early defibrillations and contributed to improved outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs). However, public-access AEDs are not yet widely-disseminated in Korea. We report the first survival case of an OHCA patient who received shocks from a public-access AED in Korea.
