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S Ballesteros-Peña1, I Fernández-Aedo2, G Vallejo de la Hoz3
1Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, España; Osakidetza, Hospital Santa Marina, Bilbao, España; Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Leioa, Bizkaia, España.
Background:
Early defibrillation is one of the interventions that can most influence the prognosis of cardiac arrest. The objectives of this study were to determine the number of automatic external defibrillators outside the healthcare setting in each autonomous community in Spain and to compare the legislation of each autonomous community on the mandatory installation of defibrillators outside the healthcare setting.
Methods:
A cross-sectional observational study was carried out between December 2021 and January 2022 by consulting official data in the 17 Spanish autonomous communities.
Results:
Complete data on the number of registered defibrillators were obtained from 15 autonomous communities. The number of defibrillators ranged from 35 to 126 per 100,000 inhabitants. At the global level, differences were observed between communities with mandatory defibrillator installation and those without (92.1 vs. 57.8 defibrillators/100,000 inhabitants).
Conclusions:
There is heterogeneity in the provision of defibrillators outside the health care setting, which seems to be related to the diversity of legislation on the mandatory installation of defibrillators.
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