Dr Dana Elliott SritherMBBS (S’pore), GDFM, GDFPD

Founder, First Aid Corpswww.firstaidcorps.org

CEO, Health Visualswww.crowdsav.com

Using Mobile Technology as a Borderless Solution to a Global

Public Health Problem

October 2001 to April 2002Mean time from call received by SCDF to defibrillation was 16.7 min.

2% survived to hospital discharge.

Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Epidemiology in Singapore ( CARE 1 ) StudyDr Marcus EH Ong et al PreHospital Emergency Care 2003;7:427-433

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

79 studies

142,740 patients.

Survival rate to hospital discharge was 7.6%

Aggregate survival rate of OHCA (7.6%) has not significantly changed in almost 3 decades.

Predictors of Survival From Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest : A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comilla Sasson, MD, MS et al Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2010;3;63-81

Meta-Analysis Study

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Global

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

7.6%

2.5%

2%

3.5%

2%

Chicago O'Hare AirportJune 1999 – May 2001

11 out of 18 who had sudden cardiac arrest were rescued with public AEDs and discharged well from hospital.

Survival Rate = 60%

Public Use of Automated External DefibrillatorsSherry L Caffrey et alN Engl J Med, Vol 347, No. 16

AED

Cluttered

Hidden

Stolen

AED

AED

AED Seeker

A seeker is someone who is actively on the lookout for AEDs ( automated external defibrillators ) in public places and in places of work to update us; or someone who in an actual event, seeks out the nearest AED and bring it back to the location of the victim. Do not need to be trained in CPR or in the use of the AED.

AED Seeker

AED Seeker

AED Seeker

AED Seeker

USA UK Canada Australia New Zealand

Netherlands Germany France Italy Sweden

Scotland Denmark Poland Malta Ireland

Slovenia Spain Japan

Taiwan

Hong Kong

Malaysia South Korea Thailand

Norway

Crowdsav

CPR

A pumper is someone who does chest compressions on the victim.

Crowdsav

Crowdsav

AED

A shocker is someone who activates the AED and deliver shocks to the victim when advised to by the AED.

Outside Closed Doors

Recognition

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