title: Providers issue brief: automated external defibrillators.
abstract: With expanded access to automatic external defibrillators, hundreds of lives could be saved on a daily basis.  By training nonphysician providers, such as emergency medical service personnel or first responders, this life-saving medical equipment could help improve the survival rates for people suffering from cardiac arrest.  During the last two years, state lawmakers have begun to enact legislation that develops training standards and provides immunity from civil liability for automatic external defibrillator users.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rothouse
mesh_terms: D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians / Q000193:education; D006291:Health Policy; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000193:education; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States