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The RACGP is considering making them a mandatory requirement in its next practice standards
The RACGP says its considering whether onsite defibrillators should be made a mandatory requirement under its next practice standards.
It follows a review of 126 patients with initial shockable rhythms at GP practices which found 47 received defibrillation by practice staff using an onsite automated external defibrillator (AED).
Some 57% of those patients survived, more than double the rate of those who waited to receive their first shock from arriving paramedics.
The current edition of the RACGP standards says onsite AED is an “aspirational” standard.
