Spatio-temporal variation in action intervals during ventricular fibrillation (VF) suggestthat the excitable gap may also be distributed spatio-temporally. The observation leadus to hypothesize that distributed pacing can be used to modify and entrain electricalactivation during VF. We tested this hypothesis using simulated VF and animal studies. We simulated VF in a 400 by 400 cell matrix. Simulation results showed that activationpattern could be entrained using spatially distributed stimulation. Up to a certain limit,increasing stimulus strength and density led to improved entrainment. Best entrainmentwas obtained by pacing at a cycle length similar to the intrinsic cycle length. In order to verify whether activation could be entrained experimentally, eight opticallyisolated biphasic TTL addressable stimulators were fabricated. Distributed stimulationwas tested during electrically induced VF in two canines and two swine. Resultsshowed that electrical activation could be entrained in both species. Similar to that insimulation, better entrainment was obtained with denser pacing distribution and atpacing cycle length similar to the intrinsic cycle length. As expected, entrainment wasaffected by tissue thickness. Our results show that spatio-temporally distributed pacingstrength stimuli can be used to modify activation patterns during VF.

Orientadores: José Wilson Magalhães Bassani, Rosana Almada Bassani / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T23:57:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Goulart_JairTrape_M.pdf: 1965789 bytes, checksum: 94fe3a318201b7addef8365fbeea0f40 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: A aplicação de campos elétricos de alta intensidade (CEAI) no coração é realizada frequentemente durante tentativas de reversão da fibrilação, e para gerar sincronismo cardíaco com o uso de marca-passos. Entretanto, este procedimento rotineiro pode causar danos ao miocárdio. O objetivo deste trabalho foi investigar se a estimulação ?-adrenérgica afeta a vulnerabilidade de miócitos ventriculares ao CEAI, uma vez que, durante a fibrilação ventricular, há aumento reflexo do tônus simpático, em virtude da consequente hipotensão arterial, e a administração de catecolaminas é um procedimento comum neste tipo de emergência. Miócitos foram isolados do ventrículo esquerdo de ratos Wistar adultos por digestão enzimática. As células foram perfundidas com solução de Tyrode a 23 °C e estimuladas a 0,5 Hz. Aplicou-se CEAI em intensidades crescentes até que fosse induzida uma lesão letal na célula. A probabilidade de morte celular foi determinada em função da amplitude do CEIA e da máxima variação estimada do potencial de membrana (?Vmax) por análise de sobrevivência (curva de letalidade). Destas curvas, obteve-se o parâmetro EL50 (valor de CEAI ou ?Vmax com probabilidade de letalidade de 0,5). A estimulação ?-adrenérgica, pela perfusão com 10 nM de isoproterenol (ISO), foi realizada na ausência e presença de 150 nM de metoprolol (MET, bloqueador de adrenoceptores ?1), 10 ?M de H-89 (inibidor de PKA) e 500 nM de BIS I (inibidor de PKC), bem como após protocolo para minimizar o aumento de mobilização celular de Ca2+. As curvas foram comparadas por teste de Mantel-Cox. O tratamento com ISO promoveu o deslocamento da curva para a direita (p < 0,01) e EL50 aumentou de 85 para 100 V/cm. MET e H-89 aboliram o efeito protetor do ISO, e, quando perfundidos na ausência de ISO, não tiveram quaisquer efeitos sobre a indução de letalidade por CEAI. A redução da mobilização de Ca2+ e o tratamento com BIS I não alteraram as curvas de letalidade, na presença ou ausência de ISO, mas provocaram significante aumento no tempo de recuperação das células após um choque não letal. As curvas em função de ?Vmax foram similares àquelas em função da intensidade do campo. Os resultados mostram que a estimulação ?-adrenérgica é capaz de proteger os miócitos dos efeitos deletérios do CEAI, permitindo que a célula suporte maiores ?Vmax. A proteção parece ser mediada por adrenoceptores ?1 e PKA, e possivelmente envolve ativação de mecanismos de reparo. Estas vias de proteção podem ser futuramente exploradas para atenuar os danos miocárdicos causados pela desfibrilação/cardioversão / Abstract: The myocardium is exposed to high-intensity electric fields (HIEF) during cardiac electric defibrillation, which may reverse life-threatening arrhythmias, but also cause cell damage. Impairment of cardiac pumping during ventricular fibrillation is usually associated with high sympathetic tone, and catecholamine infusion is a common procedure for the emergencial treatment of this arrhyhmia. The present study was carried out to investigate whether adrenergic stimulation affects the vulnerability of ventricular myocytes to the lethal effect of HIEF. Left ventricular myocytes were isolated from adult Wistar rat hearts by collagenase digestion. Under perfusion with Tyrode's solution at 23 ºC, cyclic contractile activity was evoked by stimulation at 0.5 Hz. A HIEF pulse was then applied, after which cells were allowed to rest and recover from the shock. Afterward, the protocol was repeated increasing HIEF amplitude until cell death ensued. The probability of cell death as a function of the field intensity or the estimated maximum change in membrane potential, ?Vmax (lethality curve) was determined by survival analysis. The protocol was carried out during exposure to 10 nM isoproternol (ISO), in the absence and presence of the ?1-adrenoceptor blocker metoprolol (MET, 150 nM), the PKA inhibitor H-89 (10 ?M), the PKC inhibitor BIS I (500 nM), or after a protocol designed to attenuate the increase in cell Ca2+ mobilization by ISO. Lethality curves were compared with the Mantel-Cox test. Exposure to ISO produced a marked rightward shift of the lethality curves (p< 0.01), and the field intensity associated with the cell death probability of 0.5 (EL50) was increased from 85 to 100 V/cm. Treatment with MET or H-89 alone did not significantly affect the curves, but completely abolished ISO protective effect. Decreasing Ca2+ mobilization and BIS I treatment did not produce significant effects on the lethality curves, either in the absence or presence of ISO, but they increased the time spent to cell recovery after a non-lethal shock. Similar results were obtained for the lethality curve as a function of ?Vmax. Therefore, ?-adrenergic stimulation confers protection to ventricular myocytes from the lethal effects of HIEF, even though cells apparently experience higher variations of ?Vmax, which should lead to extensive electroporation. This effect, which seems to be mediated by ?1-adrenoceptors and dependent on PKA activation, possibly involving recruitment of membrane repair mechanisms. This protective effect may be further explored as a means to attenuate HIEF deleterious effects on cardiac function that frequently result from electric defibrillation/cardioversion / Mestrado / Engenharia Biomedica / Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica

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Der Plötzliche Herztod ist eine der häufigsten Todesursachen in Europa, in den USA sogar die häufigste Ursache aller natürlichen Todesfälle. Ziel der experimentellen und klinischen Forschung ist das Erkennen und Verhindern ("Prediction and Prevention") der malignen Herzrhythmusstörungen. Schwerpunkt der wissenschaftlichen Arbeit bilden die experimentellen Untersuchungen hinsichtlich der Mechanismen von Herzrhythmusstörungen. Durch die Entwicklung neuartiger Mappingsysteme konnte erstmalig gezeigt werden, dass im Tiermodell Kammerflimmern initial fokal und geordnet entsteht. Die bisherigen Untersuchungen und Daten erweitern unser Wissen zur kardialen Defibrillation und zum Entstehen von malignen Herzrhythmusstörungen, stellen aber nur einen Baustein im Gesamtverständnis des Plötzlichen Herztodes dar. Weitere begonnene oder geplante Projekte beschäftigen sich mit Herzrhythmusstörungen bei Vorliegen einer Kardiomyopathie und akuter Ischämie, sowohl im Tiermodell als auch beim Patienten. Neuartige Mappingtechnologien und Tiermodelle können helfen, die Mechanismen zu verstehen, die Therapie von Herzrhythmusstörungen zu verbessern und Therapieverfahren weiterzuentwickeln. / Sudden cardiac death is one of the leading causes of death in Europe, and the leading cause of all natural deaths in the USA. The primary aim of experimental and clinical research is the "prediction and prevention" of lethal ventricular arrhythmias. The focus of this thesis is on animal studies investigating the mechanisms of arrhythmias. Using a novel multichannel electrical cardiac mapping technique we were able to demonstrate that whatever generates fibrillation activations it locates at a small region in the LV apex. This research will widen our understanding of defibrillation and causes of lethal ventricular arrhythmias, but is still only a piece of the puzzle called sudden cardiac death. New initiated or planed project are focusing on arrhythmias in patients and animals with heart failure or acute ischemia. Novel mapping techniques and animal models might further widen our understanding of the mechanisms and might help to develop and improve therapeutic options.

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Orientador: Pedro Xavier de Oliveira / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-25T18:17:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Zoccoler_Marcelo_M.pdf: 48059333 bytes, checksum: f5fb08bbb5d770ad29791611d11fa8fa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: A fibrilação ventricular é uma quadro extremamente grave de ameaça imediata à vida e a única terapia efetiva para sua reversão é a desfibrilação, que consiste na aplicação de campos elétricos (E) de alta intensidade sobre o coração. Este procedimento é capaz de restabelecer o sincronismo do coração, mas ele pode causar lesão em miócitos. A lesão depende da direção de E e é atribuída à eletroporação - formação de poros hidrofílicos na membrana celular - que leva a um aumento expressivo da concentração de íons Ca2+ livres no citosol ([Ca2+]i), resultante de influxo de Ca2+ extracelular pelos poros. Neste trabalho, produzimos um sistema de microfluorimetria capaz de registrar imagens de fluorescência de miócitos cardíacos isolados e estudamos a lesão causada por E de alta intensidade por meio do aumento da fluorescência associada a [Ca2+]i em miócitos orientados longitudinalmente e transversalmente a E. As células foram carregadas com o indicador de fluorescência Fluo-3, estimuladas a 0,5Hz por E de baixa intensidade antes da aplicação de um pulso de E de alta intensidade sub-letal. As imagens de fluorescência foram capturadas por uma câmera EMCCD e processadas por um software específico desenvolvido neste trabalho. O software utilizou dois métodos de análise: média de fluorescência normalizada e razão de uma área que mostrou aumento significativo de fluorescência dividida pela área total da célula. Análise de regiões de interesse (ROIs) voltadas para o ânodo e o cátodo produziu resultados em concordância com a literatura, com maior lesão (inferida por aumento de [Ca2+]i) no lado do ânodo (P<0,05 nos dois os métodos). A comparação entre os grupos longitudinal e transversal apresentou diferença estatística relevante no método da razão de áreas, o que não ocorreu pelo método de média de fluorescência. Imaginamos que a utilização de uma técnica mais direta para medir eletroporação possa solidificar esta correlação entre orientação e lesão. A compreensão dos mecanismos responsáveis pela severidade das lesões é importante para desenvolver terapias mais seguras / Abstract: Ventricular fibrillation is an extremely dangerous immediate life-threatening condition and the only effective therapy to its reversion is defibrillation, which consists in applying high intensity electric fields (E) on the heart. Such procedure is capable of reestablishing heart synchronism, but it may also cause lesion in myocytes. Lesion is associated to E direction and is assigned to electroporation - generation of hydrophilic pores across the membrane caused by high intensity E - which results in an expressive increase in cytosol free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), a consequence from extracellular Ca2+ influx through the pores. In this work, we produced a microfluorimetry system capable of recording isolated cardiomyocytes fluorescence images and studied lesion caused by high intensity E by the means of the rise in [Ca2+]i associated fluorescence in myocytes oriented longitudinally and transversally to E. Cells were loaded with fluorescent dye Fluo-3, paced at 0,5Hz with low intensity E before setting one sub-lethal high intensity E pulse. Fluorescence images were recorded by an EMCCD camera and processed by a specific software developed in this work. The software used two analysis methods: normalized fluorescence average and a ratio of an area showing most significant fluorescence increase divided by cell total area. Regions of interest (ROIs) analysis facing the anode and the cathode has produced results in accordance with literature, presenting higher lesion (inferred by [Ca2+]i increase) at anode side (P<0,05 in both methods). Comparison between longitudinal and transversal groups has presented relevant statistic difference when the ratio of areas method was employed, which has no happened when employing the fluorescence average method. We imagine that using a straight-foward technique for assessing electroporation may solidify this correlation between orientation and lesion. The understanding of the mechanisms responsible for lesion severity is important to develop safer therapies / Mestrado / Engenharia Biomedica / Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation are the interventions performed by health care professionals in order to preserve the life of a patient suffering cardiac arrest. These tasks are important to the role of nurses because they are the most common first responders to in-hospital cardiac arrest scenarios. The early initiation of CPR and defibrillation is essential in increasing the likelihood of a patient surviving cardiac arrest. Despite possessing the knowledge, skills, training, and professional obligation to deploy CPR and defibrillation independently, nurses may hesitate to perform the appropriate actions in a timely manner. This topic has been studied previously; however, there have been no studies directly examining this issue in the Ontario context. This thesis explored the factors that influence the behaviour of nurses in the first responder role by employing a mixed-methods research design. The quantitative portion of the study consisted of a series of scales on an online survey that examined teamwork factors and nurses’ experience with CPR events. The qualitative part of the study consisted of open-ended questions on the survey as well as individual interviews with nurses to understand the barriers and enablers to the role of nurses in the enactment of basic life support (BLS). The qualitative data were analyzed with a modified grounded theory approach. The qualitative data analysis followed the guidelines developed by Charmaz (2006) and employed the conceptual framework on optimizing scopes of practice developed by the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (2014) to extrapolate findings on the influence of nurses’ scope of practice on their behaviour. This study revealed a number of contextual factors in Ontario influencing nurses’ deployment of CPR and defibrillation including variations in hospital unit types, geography, workload, the availability and quality of technology, legislation and regulation, accountability, as well as economic constraints.

Orientadores: Jose Wilson Magalhaes Bassani, Rosana Almada Bassani / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Eletrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T01:38:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fonseca_AlexandraValenzuelaSantelicesda_M.pdf: 1311974 bytes, checksum: ab061a6f8d63a1175d6a3c9281e0704e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: O procedimento mais efetivo para reverter arritmias cardíacas consiste na aplicação de choques elétricos de alta intensidade, como e o caso da desfibrilação. Estimulação com campos elétricos (E) elevados, entretanto, exerce efeitos deletérios sobre o músculo cardíaco, podendo causar disfunções elétrica e contrátil e até a morte celular. Privilegiar a estimulação na direção longitudinal, para qual o limiar de excitação das células cardíacas e menor, seria uma forma de se reduzir a amplitude do estimulo sem perder a efetividade da estimulação. Para isto, foi desenvolvido e testado, em miócitos ventriculares orientados de maneira aleatória, um sistema de estimulação multidirecional automática que permite o chaveamento controlado de estímulos sequênciais para três diferentes pares de eletrodos (cada um correspondendo a uma direção) em um intervalo de tempo inferior a duração do potencial de ação (período em que a célula se encontra eletricamente refrataria). A estimulação multidirecional com uma intensidade de E 20% acima do limiar estimulatório (1,2× ETM) dobrou o recrutamento (excitação) de células (80 vs. 40% com estimulação unidirecional, p<0,001). Adicionalmente, o recrutamento com a estimulação multidirecional automática foi maior (p< 0,001) do que a soma dos recrutamentos obtidos com a estimulação em cada direção individualmente (sem intersecção), o que sugere que a estimulação sublimiar durante o procedimento automático pode aumentar a excitabilidade celular. Foi observado também que, para uma dada amplitude do estimulo, o uso da forma de onda bipolar (para a qual o valor de ETM foi menor que para pulsos monopolares: 3,2 ± 0,1 vs. 3,9 ± 0,1 V/cm; p< 0,001) promoveu um recrutamento maior do que com o pulso monopolar (recrutamento de 50% das células foi obtido com 2,97 ± 0,04 e 4,18 ± 0,05 V/cm para pulsos bipolares e monopolares, respectivamente; p< 0,05). A combinação da estimulação multidirecional automática com o uso da forma de onda bipolar permitiu, portanto, uma redução de cerca de 50% no valor do E absoluto (3,8 vs. 7,8 V/cm com estimulação unidirecional e pulso monopolar) para um recrutamento de ~80% das células. A aplicação destes procedimentos na estimulação cardíaca (marcapasso e desfibrilação) pode otimizar o processo, levando a uma melhor eficiência e uma menor incidência de lesão. / Abstract: The most effective procedure to revert cardiac arrhythmias consists in the application of high intensity electric discharge, such as in cardiac defibrillation. Nevertheless, stimulation using high electric fields (E) may cause injury to the cardiac muscle, generating electric and contractile dysfunctions and even cell death. A possible way to reduce the stimulus intensity while maintaining the stimulation effectiveness would be stimulate cardiac cells with E applied parallel to the cell major axis, in which case the stimulation threshold is lower. To test this possibility, a multidirectional stimulation system was developed and tested on randomly-oriented rat ventricular myocytes. The system allows the controlled switching of sequential stimuli delivered to three different pairs of electrodes (each one corresponding to one direction), in a period shorter than the action potential duration (when cell is electrically refractory). The multidirectional stimulation with E intensity 20% above the stimulation threshold (1.2× ETM) doubled the percentage of recruited (excited) cells (~80 vs. ~40 % with unidirectional stimulation, p<0.001). Additionally, recruitment with automatic multidirectional stimulation was greater (p< 0.001) than the sum of recruitments obtained from stimulation of each direction individually (without intersection), which is suggestive that subthreshold stimulation during the automatic procedure might enhance cell excitability. Moreover, it was observed that for a given absolute stimulus amplitude, the use of biphasic waveforms (for which ETM was lower than for monophasic pulses: 3.2 ± 0.1 vs. 3.9 ± 0.1 V/cm; p< 0.001) promoted higher recruitment than monophasic stimuli (50% recruitment was attained with 2.97 ± 0.04 and 4.18 ± 0.05 V/cm with biphasic and monophasic pulses, respectively; p< 0.05). Thus, the association of automatic multidirectional stimulation and biphasic waveform enabled a 50% reduction of the absolute E value (3.8 vs. 7.8 V/cm with unidirectional stimulation and monopolar pulse) to evoke excitation in ~80% of the cells. The application of these procedures to cardiac stimulation (pacemaker and defibrillation) might optimize the process, leading to greater efficiency and lower injury incidence. / Mestrado / Engenharia Biomedica / Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica

L’arrêt cardiaque extra-hospitalier (ACEH) est un problème de santé publique majeur. La réanimation cardio-pulmonaire (RCP) précoce ainsi que la défibrillation par les témoins sont associées à une augmentation du taux de survie. Cependant, malgré d’importants efforts ces dernières années, les taux de survie restent faibles dans la plupart des pays. Ce travail avait pour objectif d’identifier des facteurs ayant un impact sur la défibrillation publique, la RCP précoce et les connaissances du public sur la défibrillation. Nous avons testé différentes stratégies de déploiement des défibrillateurs automatisés externes (DAE). Nous avons également analysé l’effet du niveau socio-économique des quartiers sur la RCP par les témoins. Enfin, nous avons cherché à évaluer les connaissances du public concernant la localisation et les conditions d’utilisation du DAE le plus proche dans des lieux publics très fréquentés. Tous les ACEH survenus à Paris entre 2000 et 2010 ont été enregistrés dans un registre et géocodés. Nous avons comparé une stratégie basée sur les recommandations de placement d’un DAE dans les lieux où plus d’un ACEH survenait tous les cinq ans à deux nouvelles stratégies : une stratégie de maillage régulier du territoire avec des DAE placés à distances régulières et une stratégie de placement dans différents types de lieux publics. Le nombre de DAE nécessaires ainsi que la distance médiane entre les ACEH et le DAE le plus proche étaient calculés pour chaque stratégie. Nous avons également recherché l’association entre le niveau socio-économique des quartiers sur le fait de bénéficier d’une RCP. Enfin, nous avons réalisé une enquête dans des lieux publics très fréquentés (gare, centres commerciaux, jardin public) auprès de toutes les personnes situées dans un rayon de 100 mètres autour d’un DAE pour analyser leur connaissance de la localisation du DAE et leur capacité à l’utiliser. Parmi 4176 ACEH, 1372 (33%) sont survenus dans des lieux publics. La stratégie basée sur les recommandations aurait conduit au placement de 170 DAE avec une distance aux ACEH de 416 (180-614) mètres et une augmentation continue du nombre de DAE. Avec la stratégie de maillage régulier du territoire, le nombre de DAE et la distance aux ACEH auraient changé selon la taille du maillage avec un nombre optimal de DAE évalué entre 200 et 400. Avec la stratégie de placement dans différents types de lieux publics, la distance médiane entre les ACEH et les DAE aurait été de 324 mètres pour les bureaux de poste (195), 239 mètres pour les stations de métro (302), 137 mètres pour les stations Velib’ (957) et 142 mètres pour les pharmacies (1466). Parmi les 4009 ACEH géocodables enregistrés, 777 (19,4%) ont bénéficié d’une RCP par un témoin. Ceux qui en ont bénéficié étaient plus fréquemment dans un lieu public, en présence d’un témoin et dans un quartier de statut socio-économique (SSE) non défavorisé. Dans une analyse multiniveaux la RCP par les témoins était significativement moins fréquente dans les quartiers de SSE défavorisé que dans les quartiers d’autres SSE (OR 0,85 ; 95% IC 0,72-0,99). Notre enquête a été menée auprès de 301 participants. Environ la moitié des participants (49%) avaient bénéficié d’une formation aux premiers secours, dont 70% après 2007 et 37% qui avaient suivi une initiation d’une heure. Le logo universel des DAE était reconnu par 37% des participants et 64% pouvaient reconnaître un DAE en photo. La localisation du DAE le plus proche était connue par 16% des participants avec un impact positif des formations après 2007 et de la reconnaissance du logo ou des photos (p<0,0001). Une majorité de participants (66%) savaient qu’ils avaient le droit d’utiliser un DAE et 59% savaient dans quelles circonstances l’utiliser. Seulement 25% des participants déclaraient savoir comment utiliser un DAE. Notre travail présente une approche originale pour optimiser les stratégies de déploiement des DAE. (...) / Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a major public health concern. Early bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation are associated with higher survival rates for OHCA victims. Unfortunately, despite major efforts over the past decade, survival rates remain low in many communities. This work sought to highlight factors affecting public defibrillation, early CPR and public knowledge on defibrillation. We assessed different strategies for Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) deployment. We also aimed to focus effect of neighborhood socio-economic status on bystander CPR. Finally, we sought to analyze public awareness of the AED nearest location and knowledge of AED use. All OHCAs attended by EMS in Paris between 2000 and 2010 were prospectively recorded and geocoded. We compared a guidelines-based strategy of placing an AED in locations where more than one OHCA had occurred within the past five years to two novel strategies: a grid-based strategy with a regular distance between AEDs and a landmark-based strategy. The expected number of AEDs necessary and their median (IQR) distance to the nearest OHCA were assessed for each strategy. We also evaluated the relationship between neighbourhood SES characteristics and the fact of receiving bystander CPR. Then, we performed a survey in three kinds of places (train station, city mall and public park) of all individuals within 100 meters from an AED to analyze their knowledge of the closest AED location and their confidence to use it. Of 4,176 OHCAs, 1,372 (33%) occurred in public settings. The guidelines-based strategy would result in the placement of 170 AEDs, with a distance to OHCA of 416 (180-614) meters and a continuous increase in the number of AEDS. In grid-based strategy, the number of AEDs and their distance to the closest OHCA would change with the grid size, with a number of AEDs between 200 and 400 seeming optimal. In landmark-based strategy, median distances between OHCAs and AEDs would be 324 meters if placed at post offices (n=195), 239 at subway stations (n=302), 137 at bike-sharing stations (n=957), and 142 at pharmacies (n=1466). Of the 4,009 OHCA with mappable addresses recorded, 777 (19.4%) received bystander CPR. Those receiving it were more likely to be in public locations, have had a witness to their OHCA, and to have collapsed in a non-low SES neighbourhood. In a multilevel analyses, bystander CPR provision was significantly less frequent in low than in higher SES neighbourhoods (OR 0.85; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.72-0.99). A total of 301 people responded to the survey. About half respondents (49%) had a Basic Life Support training experience with 70 % of them trained after 2007 and 37% who attempted a one hour training initiation. The universal AED sign was recognized by 37% of all respondents and 64% could recognize an AED on a picture. The closest AED location was known by 16% of the respondents with a positive impact of training after 2007 and knowledge of AED sign and picture (p<0.0001). A majority of respondents (66%), considered they had the right to use an AED and 59% knew in which circumstances it is necessary to use it. Only 25% of the respondents declared to know how to use an AED. Our work presents an original evidence-based approach to strategies of AED deployment to optimize their number and location. This rational approach can estimate the optimal number of AEDs for any city. In Paris, OHCA victims were less likely to receive bystander CPR in low SES neighbourhoods. These first European data are consistent with observations in North America and Asia. Our survey conducted in places known to be at risk of OHCA highlights the need for a better AED visibility in public places and the need to improve public knowledge and confidence in the use of AED. (...)

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