Details of the initial management of cardiac arrest occurring in the workplace in a French urban area

Descatha, Alexis; Frederic, Muriel; Devere, Charles; Dolveck, F.; Goddet, Sybille; Baer, Michel; Chauvin, M.; Fletcher, Dominique; Templier, F.

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.12.010

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“…27 It has been suggested that people who arrest at work tend to be younger and in good health, resulting in relatively higher hospital discharge rates. 16,28 This distinction is complicated by both a scarcity of evidence as well as the lack of clear definition of which settings constitute workplaces.…”

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Use of Automated External Defibrillators in US Federal Buildings

Kilaru

Leffer

Perkner

et al. 2014

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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Objective Federal Occupational Health (FOH) administers a nationwide public access defibrillation program in US federal buildings. We describe the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in federal buildings and evaluate survival after cardiac arrest. Methods Using the FOH database, we examined reported events in which an AED was brought to a medical emergency in federal buildings over a 14-year period, from 1999 to 2012. Results There were 132 events involving an AED, 96 (73%) of which were due to cardiac arrest of cardiac etiology. Of 54 people who were witnessed to experience a cardiac arrest and presented with ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia, 21 (39%) survived to hospital discharge. Conclusions Public access defibrillation, along with protocols to install, maintain, and deploy AEDs and train first responders, benefits survival after cardiac arrest in the workplace.

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Use of Automated External Defibrillators in US Federal Buildings

Kilaru

Leffer

Perkner

et al. 2014

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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“…We classified workplaces into 13 categories on the basis of previous work on the classification of emergencies occurring at a workplace in an urban area 14 : industry, large businesses (>50 workers), small offices, construction sites, transport, sports facilities, healthcare facilities, teaching facilities, parking/warehouse, hotel/restaurant, public streets, shops, and other.…”

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Characteristics of Cardiac Arrest Occurring in the Workplace

Palaghita

Jost

Despréaux

et al. 2016

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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“…Cardiac arrest in workplace was found to be an uncommon event and represent less than 5% of the OHCA in this national register, similar to what expected from elsewhere, 2 or in previous data in France. 4,5 Survival is however better, partly because of the better quality of the survival chain, including early cardiopulmonary resuscitation, such as reported in a recent German pilot study. 6 Although, more OHCA were located in workplaces in rural area, no impact on survival was observed.…”

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