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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the rate of bystander AED use for non-traumatic cardiac arrests in public places — PREP‑02

Status: Improving

  
Improving
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Most Recent Data:
11.7 percent (2023)

Target:
12.0 percent 1

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
9.0 percent of bystanders used an AED for non-traumatic cardiac arrests occurring in public locations in 2020 2

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Increase the rate of bystander automated external defibrillator (AED) use for non-traumatic cardiac arrests occurring in public locations

Target-Setting Method
Percentage point improvement

Data Source:  Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES), Emory University

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Summary

Cardiac arrests that happen outside the hospital are the leading cause of death in the United States. People who have cardiac arrests in public are more likely to survive if a bystander uses an AED (automated external defibrillator) before emergency responders arrive. Putting AEDs in public places and teaching people how to use them can increase the rate of bystander AED use and increase cardiac arrest survival rates.

Topics:  Emergency Preparedness, Community, Heart Disease and Stroke

Workgroup: Preparedness Workgroup

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1. Target has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.

2. Baseline has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.