Medicine
7 years ago

Faulty Defibrillators Endanger Lives of Cardiac Arrest Patients

Resuscitation
Assessment of the diagnoses of automated external defibrillators operated by basic life support personnel
Carlos Corcuera, Guillermo Galdos, Mikel Olabarria, Gutiérrez Ruiz, Andima Larrea, Jose María Bastida, Karlos Ibarguren, Daniel Alonso, Beatriz Chicote, Elisabete Aramendi, Unai Irusta

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The study looked at how well automated external defibrillators (AEDs) used by basic life support (BLS) personnel diagnose out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients. Researchers wanted to see how often AEDs made mistakes and why. They found that AED misdiagnoses do happen when BLS personnel use them to treat OHCA patients.