Lay rescuer automated external defibrillator programs for children and adolescents.
This article summarizes the controversies regarding the establishment of lay rescuer automated external defibrillator (AED) programs in schools. It describes the elements of one successful program and provides recommendations for critical elements of AED programs in schools, using the recommendations that were described by the American Heart Association statement and experience gained in the establishment of AED programs in high schools in Wisconsin.
Berger
Stuart
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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 9000 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 55201, USA. sberger@mcw.edu
Utech
Lori
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Hazinski
Mary Fran
MF
D000293:Adolescent; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D011634:Public Health; D012574:Schools; D013177:Sports; D014922:Wisconsin / Q000453:epidemiology