If there is an elevator, put a PAD in the lobby and watch poor people save themselves. Safety is cheaper than a TBI for all concerned.

The continuing study of adjunct treatments for SCA; see also CPAP and the recent doubts about epinephrine

Evidently more AEDs should be in powered and networked enclosures – not bare.

Application of an AED in communities is associated with nearly a doubling of survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

An independent predictor of survival from Out-of-Hospital Shockable Cardiac Arrest shows a marked decrease in survival with longer pauses.

Significant delays present when accessing patients in high-rise buildings and evacuating them to the hospital.

US National NEMSIS cardiac arrest elapsed patient care times as an average (table) and as a 90th Fractile (graph).

Pivotal 2005 study establishes no survival benefit from EMS arrival within 8 min – only if within 4 min.

Patients in ventricular fibrillation benefit from higher biphasic energy levels if multiple defibrillation shocks are required.

Concentrating on chest compressions rather than mouth-to-mouth can produce better results, says The Lancet.