Survival After Ventricular Fibrillation Cardiac Arrest in the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Subway System: First Successful Targeted Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Program in Latin America.

Gianotto-Oliveira, Renan; Gonzalez, Maria Margarita; Vianna, Caio Brito; Monteiro Alves, Maurício; Timerman, Sergio; Kalil Filho, Roberto; Kern, Karl B

Gianotto-Oliveira, Renan; Gonzalez, Maria Margarita; Vianna, Caio Brito; Monteiro Alves, Maurício; Timerman, Sergio; Kalil Filho, Roberto; Kern, Karl B.

Affiliation

Gianotto-Oliveira R; Heart Institute (InCor)-Medicine School of Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil (R.G.O., M.M.G., C.B.V., S.T., R.K.F.).
Gonzalez MM; Heart Institute (InCor)-Medicine School of Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil (R.G.O., M.M.G., C.B.V., S.T., R.K.F.).
Vianna CB; Heart Institute (InCor)-Medicine School of Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil (R.G.O., M.M.G., C.B.V., S.T., R.K.F.).
Monteiro Alves M; Sao Paulo Metropolitan Company (Sao Paulo Metro), Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil (M.M.A.).
Timerman S; Heart Institute (InCor)-Medicine School of Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil (R.G.O., M.M.G., C.B.V., S.T., R.K.F.).
Kalil Filho R; Heart Institute (InCor)-Medicine School of Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil (R.G.O., M.M.G., C.B.V., S.T., R.K.F.).
Kern KB; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (K.B.K.).

J Am Heart Assoc ; 4(10): e002185, 2015 Oct 09.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26452987

Subject(s)

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/instrumentation; Death, Sudden, Cardiac/prevention & control; Defibrillators; Electric Countershock/instrumentation; Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest/therapy; Railroads; Urban Health Services; Ventricular Fibrillation/therapy; Aged; Brazil; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/adverse effects; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/mortality; Electric Countershock/adverse effects; Electric Countershock/mortality; Emergency Medical Services; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest/diagnosis; Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest/mortality; Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest/physiopathology; Patient Admission; Patient Discharge; Program Evaluation; Prospective Studies; Recovery of Function; Risk Factors; Time Factors; Time-to-Treatment; Transportation of Patients; Treatment Outcome; Ventricular Fibrillation/diagnosis; Ventricular Fibrillation/mortality; Ventricular Fibrillation/physiopathology

Key words

automatic external defibrillation; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ventricular fibrillation

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Railroads / Ventricular Fibrillation / Electric Countershock / Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Urban Health Services / Defibrillators / Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Evaluation_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: America do sul / Brasil Language: En Journal: J Am Heart Assoc Year: 2015 Document type: Article Country of publication: United kingdom

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