Defibrillators--their use in general practice.
During the development of The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Standards for general practices (3rd edition) in 2005, the unflagged (nonessential) indicator 'the practice has a defibrillator' was tested in a survey of 200 practices Australia wide. Defibrillators were present in 18% of these general practices: 20.5% of surveyed practices thought it was feasible to have a defibrillator and 32.5% thought it was acceptable to have one. With that feedback, the committee dropped this indicator from the final standards document.
Hudson
Lynton
L
National Expert Committee on Standards for General Practices, The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. lyntonhudson@bigpond.com
Jacobs
Ian
I
D003625:Data Collection; D047548:Defibrillators / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005194:Family Practice; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans