Mobile AED Response System Helps Save Lives During Japan Road Races
A research team from Kokushikan University developed a mobile AED system that provides early CPR and AED intervention for runners who might encounter cardiac arrest during road races.
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The system consists of mobile teams (paramedics on bicycles and carrying AEDs) and on-foot teams (paramedic trainees who carry AEDs and can provide basic life support). The system also includes medical communications dispatchers, first-aid staff and physician volunteers who run the race and can assist if needed.Ā
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Between 2005 and 2017, researchers used the system to support 251 road races. During those races, 28 of 30 runners who had a cardiac arrest were successfully resuscitated.
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