I would check my data with yours. Advance thanks for the answers, GFV.
On the danish webpage hjertestarter.dk ("hjertestarter" meaning AED in danish) a lot of the danish AED's are registered. Registration is voluntary, so the list is not complete. Right now the AED count is 11.474 AED-units. With approx. 5,7 million danish inhabitants that comes to 493 danes pr. AED.
In our part of the world, there is a dearth of people lacking any knowledge about the life saving AED's. Health programs in India are still directed towards fighting diseases like tuberculosis, malaria, marasmus, kwashiorkar. So a proper AED program looks like a far fetched dream as of now! But, while travelling just a little while back, I was happy to see an AED installed at the New Delhi International Airport.
AEDs currently are limited only to a small number of private medical providers with hospital based resuscitation teams which rush to the site of emergency upon receiving an emergency call. The concept of Public access defibrillation lacks applicability in our country due to low literacy levels and awareness levels amongst public, lack of knowledge on sudden cardiac arrest and AED among doctors, paucity of resuscitation training programmes, absence of organized emergency medical services and the expense involved. We still have a long way to go!
Dear Jatin, Thanks a lot for Your answer. I know that at present in Your Country OHCA can not be a interesting problem, as many other diseases are prevalent. But even if You still have a long way to go, the important thing is to start!!! Wishes for the future of Your AEDs. Thank, GFV
Dear Tiago, great answer and good result! I can say to You that in Lombardy (Ten million of inhabitants) there are 1500 AEDs at the end of 2014, but every day they are growing. Greetings, GFV
In May 2014, there were 8247 AED's in The Netherlands. (www.hartslagnu.nl). In addition, there were 76.934 registered trained civilians, which can use these AED's. There is a network, including an app, which gives an alert if an emergency call comes in.
In the Netherlands we have indeed many registered AEDs (±8500) in a register together with almost 80 000 registered lay rescuers who can be alerted by text message to retrieve an AED (which is also mentioned in the text message) and go the the victims address. However, there are many more unregistered AEDs (wild AEDs) within the Netherlands that are used for 'private' purposes. We estimated that approximately 80 000 AEDs have been sold within the Netherlands.... It would be great if all those 'wild' AEDs could be localised an added to our text message AED system!
Dear Gideon, Thank for Your answer! You are a people very advanced. In Lombardy at the end of May 2014 we had about 50.000 BLSD trained lay persons and 21.952 registered from January 2014, following a regional law. In our Dispatch Centers from January 2015 we have implemented a experimental rapid management software to recognize freePADs available within 200 meters from the event, to maximize the response. Do you also have the rate between people and AEDs? Thank advance for Your answer.
Dear Jolande, in Lombardy too there are many more unregistered AEDs (wild AEDs) within the Regional country. At present we know the precise location (GPS) of 1500 AEDs but not that of wild AEDs (we estimate at least 500). We hope to arrive in two years to manage completely the situation, thanks to the regional law of January 2013.
Thank a lot for your clarifications, GFV
Hello, Guido!
According to data from master dissertation concerning availability of AED in Poland (Medical University in Poznan), there was 617 items located in 18 biggest Polish cities (December 2012). The average ratio varied from 1 AED per 10.000 citizens to 1 AED per 35.000 citizens.
With best regards,
Grzegorz
Excellent Grzegorz! So now I also know the data of Poland. Thank You very much, GFV
According to the National Center for early Defibrillation, in 2010 there were 100,000 units sold. I presume that means primarily here. They expected that number to double every 24 months, so by now, there are about 500,000 units in the US, not counting the AEDs on Ambulances and/or firetrucks. Thats roughly, without responder gear, 1 for every 637 people.
Dear Leckey Harrison, grateful for Your response that increases my knowledge! And compliments for the high diffusion of devices! Wishes, GFV
http://defibrillateurenfrance.humanis.com/ for public place in France
Dear Pascal,
"merci beaucoup" for your reporting. I'll check all the web portal. It's very important for me to know the foreign organizations to learn anything, with the objective of comparing the data and improving the Lombardy Response on OHCA.
My Best Regards, GFV
It is a difficult question to answer. Winkle RA1 concluded in his meta-analysis AEDs were not cost effective in public places; however, the visible devices are good for public awareness of the problem of sudden cardiac death(Clin Cardiol. 2010 Jul;33(7):396-9. doi: 10.1002/clc.20790.)
However, community drive for AEDs has been on rise since then in UK.
In hospital settings, AEDs are allocated at ratio of 1AED per 38 patients in level 0. However, in level 2 and 3 care facilities ( Intensive care units& High dependency units), it is 1 AED per 8-9 patients.
Community AEDs distribution has significant variation across UK.
Statistic of regular maintaining of these AED devices is difficult to capture.