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Approximately 225,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur annually in the United States. It is a little-known fact that at least double that number of cardiac arrests occur in hospitalized patients.¹ Survival after cardiac arrest due to ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation requires prompt defibrillation, regardless of the setting in which it occurs.^2,3 Therefore, it is clear that timely defibrillation in the hospital is an important determinant of the quality of cardiovascular care.

If out-of-hospital cardiac arrest from ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation occurs where there are readily available automated external defibrillators (AEDs), such as in an airport or a casino, the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Cardiovascular and Thoracic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

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