Abstract
Background: Uruguayan population is 3,200,000. Survival to hospital admission (SHA) of Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) case series reported by Pre Hospital Emergency Medical System (PHMS) was 21–22.5%. The 18,360 Public Access Defibrillation Law was enacted in September 2008. It requires places with large numbers of people to install AED, and all organizations nationwide to train 50% of its staff in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Today there are 1572 AED installed across the country (80% were installed in the last 4 years).
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