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  • Home
  • About Our Work
    • 2023 Ontario IHC Planning Meeting
    • C-SCAN
    • AED Registry
    • SCA During Exercise Study
  • About Us
  • C.A.R.E.
    • Who We Are
    • Member Profiles
    • Family Stories
    • News and Events
    • Resources for Families Affected by Sudden Cardiac Arrest
  • For Patients
    • Received a Letter About C-SCAN?
    • Had a Sudden Cardiac Arrest?
    • I Have Risk Factors for Sudden Cardiac Arrest
  • For Investigators
  • Resources
  • FAQs
  • News
  • Contact

AED Registry

Tracking Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs): A regional AED registry and owner survey

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) causes 45,000 deaths in Canada per year.  The survival rate of SCA patients is only 10% but can be as high as 20-25% if the SCA occurs in a public location. If an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) is used, survival can increase dramatically to 40-50%.

In Toronto, it takes Emergency Medical Services (EMS), on average, 8.5 minutes to arrive on scene for patients with an SCA. So it’s really important for bystanders who witness someone having an SCA to perform CPR and use an AED. The problem is that most people don’t know what an AED is or where to find one. Our research study aims to survey all the people in the GTA who own an AED to find out how many there are available and to make a list of these AEDs available for anyone to find and use.

For more information or to get involved, please email: Dr. Paul Dorian at paul.dorian@unityhealth.to

C-SCAN is a result of collaboration between the Canadian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (CanROC) and the Cardiac Arrhythmia Network of Canada (CANet). Aimed at reducing the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCA) and potential therapies for patients who are at highest risk for SCA.

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C-SCAN at St Michael’s Hospital
30 Bond Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 1W8 Canada

Telephone: 416 864 6060
Email: CSCAN@smh.ca

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