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: Received: 3 July 2024 / Approved: 4 July 2024 / Online: 4 July 2024 (05:57:53 CEST)
How to cite:
Wallace, M.; Champilomatis, C.; Ventirozou, P.; Pappas, G.; Poulopoulos, V.; Vassilakis, C. On the Use of Pharmacies to Establish a Defibrillator Network: A Data Driven Case Study for the Area of the Peloponnese. Preprints2024, 2024070388. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.0388.v1
Wallace, M.; Champilomatis, C.; Ventirozou, P.; Pappas, G.; Poulopoulos, V.; Vassilakis, C. On the Use of Pharmacies to Establish a Defibrillator Network: A Data Driven Case Study for the Area of the Peloponnese. Preprints 2024, 2024070388. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.0388.v1
Wallace, M.; Champilomatis, C.; Ventirozou, P.; Pappas, G.; Poulopoulos, V.; Vassilakis, C. On the Use of Pharmacies to Establish a Defibrillator Network: A Data Driven Case Study for the Area of the Peloponnese. Preprints2024, 2024070388. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.0388.v1
APA Style
Wallace, M., Champilomatis, C., Ventirozou, P., Pappas, G., Poulopoulos, V., & Vassilakis, C. (2024). On the Use of Pharmacies to Establish a Defibrillator Network: A Data Driven Case Study for the Area of the Peloponnese. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.0388.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Wallace, M., Vassilis Poulopoulos and Costas Vassilakis. 2024 "On the Use of Pharmacies to Establish a Defibrillator Network: A Data Driven Case Study for the Area of the Peloponnese" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.0388.v1
Abstract
Sudden cardiac arrest (SAC) is a leading cause of mortality. In recent years, though, many lives have been saved through the use of defibrillators by random bystanders. As a result, defibrillators have been popping up in various locations. In this work we propose a state mandate demanding the presence of a defibrillator at every pharmacy store and argue that it could greatly enhance and augment the impact of the defibrillator network. We support our claim via detailed calculations of the immediate (a defibrillator readily available) and partial (a defibrillator available at a reasonable distance) population coverage achievable by the implementation of our proposal, taking the Argolis area in Peloponnese Greece as a case study. Our findings indicate that, in addition to other benefits, the use of pharmacies to establish a defibrillator network could bring an eight-fold increase in the immediate population coverage of defibrillators and would provide immediate / partial access to a defibrillator to 18 / 24 incidents of SCA per year that would otherwise lead to death, potentially leading to the saving of numerous lives. Alternative scenaria are also discussed.
Keywords
Defibrillator network; pharmacies; population coverage.
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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