| First Survival Case of an Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patient Shocked using a Public-Access Automated External Defibrillator in Korea |
| Chang Won Lee, Gyu Chong Cho, Keun Jeong Song, June Soo Kim |
1Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea.
2Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea. emdrcho@empal.com
3Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, ungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea.
4Department of Cardiology, College of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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Early defibrillation with an automated external defibrillator (AED) is crucial to survival success in sudden cardiac arrest. Dissemination of public-access AEDs have increased the frequency of early defibrillations and contributed to improved outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs). However, public-access AEDs are not yet widely-disseminated in Korea. We report the first survival case of an OHCA patient who received shocks from a public-access AED in Korea. |
| Key words:
Cardiac Arrest, Automated External Defibrillators |
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