Reducing Barriers to Optimal Automated External Defibrillator Use: An Elementary School Intervention Study

Background: Timely use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) improves outcomes in sudden cardiopulmonary arrest (SCA). Our project aims were to: 1) identify the barriers to optimal AED use in the Québec City area elementary schools; 2) create targeted educational material regarding AEDs; and...

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Main Authors: Pierre-Gilles Blanchard, MD, PhD, Johann M.I. Graham, MD, Vincent Gauvin, MD, Marie-Pier Lanoue, MD, Fannie Péloquin, MD, Isabelle Bertrand, MD, Mahukpe Narcisse Ulrich Singbo, MSc, Paul Poirier, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FCCS, FACC, FAHA, Marcel Émond, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Eric Mercier, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-02-01
Series:CJC Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772812922000033