Lister P, Loret de Mola C, Arroyo E, Solórzano J, Escalante-Kanashiro R, Matos-Iberico G. Use of automated external defibrillator in Peruvian out-of-hospital environment: improving emergency response in Latin America.
Rev Bras Ter Intensiva 2009;
21:332-335. [PMID:
25303557]
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Abstract
This case report relates out-of-hospital care to a patient with risk factors treated in the out-of-hospital services after cardiac arrest and ventricular fibrillation. The patient was treated according to the standards of basic life support and advanced cardiovascular life support; by applying an automated external defibrillator (AED) with favorable outcome and successful recovery of the patient from his risk of life condition. This is the first documented report with a favorable outcome in Peru, in out-of-hospital services and stresses the desirability of adopting policies for public access to early defibrillation.
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