The Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) trial | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由JPOrnato著作·2003·被引用105次—ThePADTrialisaprospective,multicenter,randomizedclinicalstudytestingwhethervolunteer,non-medicalresponderscanimprovesurvivalfrom ...

The PAD Trial is a prospective, multicenter, randomized clinical study testing whether volunteer, non-medical responders can improve survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOH-CA) by using automated external defibrillators (AEDs). These lay volunteers, who have no traditional responsibility to respond to a medical emergency as part of their primary job description, will form part of a comprehensive, integrated community approach to the treatment of OOH-CA. The study is being conducted at 24 field centers in the United States and Canada. Approximately 1000 community units (e.g. apartment or office buildings, gated communities, sports facilities, senior centers, shopping malls, etc.) were randomized to treatment by trained laypersons who will provide either cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) alone or CPR plus use of an AED, while awaiting arrival of the communitys emergency medical services responders. The pri...