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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Operations Research

Background:

  • Early defibrillation is critical for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival.
  • Stationary automated external defibrillators (S-AEDs) have limited coverage.
  • Bus-mounted automated external defibrillators (B-AEDs) offer wider coverage but have operational hour limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an optimized model for deploying both S-AEDs and B-AEDs.
  • To maximize the total coverage level of demand points for OHCA events.
  • To determine the optimal number and placement of B-AEDs and S-AEDs given a fixed total number of devices.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed a joint location model for B-AEDs and S-AEDs based on the p-median problem (JPMP).
  • Utilized data from Chang'an District, Xi'an City, China, for deployment analysis.
  • Compared JPMP performance against other location models and analyzed coverage impacts.

Main Results:

  • The JPMP model demonstrated an average 98.43% increase in covered demand points and a 74.05% increase in total coverage level.
  • Optimal B-AED coverage exhibits an inverted U-shaped relationship with the number of available AEDs.
  • Total coverage is maximized with specific bus departure intervals, which decrease as AED availability increases.

Conclusions:

  • Combinational deployment of S-AEDs and B-AEDs significantly enhances coverage for OHCA.
  • B-AEDs are highly recommended when the number of AEDs is insufficient.
  • Optimal placement of both S-AEDs and B-AEDs yields improved public safety outcomes.