Implementation of automated external defibrillators on German merchant ships.

摘要

Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) have proven valuable in out-of-hospital settings close to definitive care institutions like airports, casinos, and cruise ships-sites with a high density of both potential victims and resuscitators. In contrast, AEDs save very few lives in residential units such as private homes or apartment complexes. The benefit of AEDs in remote areas without available qualified medical follow-up, such as most merchant ships, is unknown and controversial