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Home is Where the Heart is: The Case for Mobile Defibrillators to Improve Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival

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aut.relation.endpage124
aut.relation.issue1635
aut.relation.journalNew Zealand Medical Journal
aut.relation.startpage118
aut.relation.volume139
dc.contributor.authorHutchinson, Heather
dc.contributor.authorDicker, Bridget
dc.contributor.authorTodd, Verity
dc.contributor.authorSwain, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorScott, Tony
dc.contributor.authorGarcia, Elena
dc.contributor.authorMaessen, Sarah E
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-04T03:31:14Z
dc.date.available2026-06-04T03:31:14Z
dc.date.issued2026-05-29
dc.description.abstractRapid defibrillation is vital in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) treatment. In Aotearoa New Zealand, trained responders dispatched by the 111 system (emergency medical services [EMS], Fire and Emergency New Zealand [FENZ] and dispatched first response groups) with defibrillators reach a patient in cardiac arrest an average of 8 minutes after a 111 call in urban areas and 11 minutes in rural areas. However, odds of survival drop dramatically after a delay to defibrillation of only 2 to 5 minutes after collapse.
dc.identifier.citationNew Zealand Medical Journal, ISSN: 0028-8446 (Print); 1175-8716 (Online), New Zealand Medical Association, 139(1635), 118-124. doi: 10.26635/6965.7430
dc.identifier.doi10.26635/6965.7430
dc.identifier.issn0028-8446
dc.identifier.issn1175-8716
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/21317
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherNew Zealand Medical Association
dc.relation.urihttps://nzmj.org.nz/journal/vol-139-no-1635/home-is-where-the-heart-is-the-case-for-mobile-defibrillators-to-improve-out-of-hospital-cardiac-arrest-survival
dc.rightsOpen Access. The New Zealand Medical Journal now offers free open access for all individuals that subscribe to the journal, giving subscribers 24/7 access to online content from 1999 to present. The NZMJ is fully available to individual subscribers and does not incur a subscription fee.
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subject32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
dc.subject3201 Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology
dc.subjectHeart Disease - Coronary Heart Disease
dc.subjectCardiovascular
dc.subjectHeart Disease
dc.subject11 Medical and Health Sciences
dc.subjectGeneral & Internal Medicine
dc.subject32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject42 Health sciences
dc.titleHome is Where the Heart is: The Case for Mobile Defibrillators to Improve Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival
dc.typeJournal Article
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