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Mobile Automated External Defibrillator Response System during Road Races

In Japan, an automated external defibrillator (AED) response system for runners included paramedics on bicycles who carried AEDs, on-foot teams, and a central dispatch system. During 251 races, 28 of 30 runners who had a cardiac arrest were successfully resuscitated.

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Tomoya Kinoshi, M.S.Sc.
Shota Tanaka, B.S.
Ryo Sagisaka, Ph.D.
Takahiro Hara, Ph.D.
Toru Shirakawa, M.E.M.
Etsuko Sone, M.E.M.
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Ph.D.
Masaru Sakurai, M.D., Ph.D.
Akira Maki, M.D., Ph.D.
Hiroshi Takyu, Ph.D.
Hideharu Tanaka, M.D., Ph.D.
Kokushikan University, Tokyo, Japan

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