title: Defibrillators--their use in general practice.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: National Expert Committee on Standards for General Practices, The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. lyntonhudson@bigpond.com
authors.forename: Lynton
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hudson
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D047548:Defibrillators / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005194:Family Practice; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans