Use of automated external defibrillator in Peruvian out-of-hospital environment: improving emergency response in Latin America;

This case report relates out-ofhospital 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-ofhospital services and stresses the desirability of adopting policies for public access to early defibrillation.
Authors:Lister, Pablo; Loret de Mola, Christian; Arroyo, Elena; Solórzano, José; Escalante Kanashiro, Raffo; Matos Iberico, Giuliana
Source: Rev. bras. ter. intensiva
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10757/324709