6 million people die every year around the world because early defibrillation is not available within the first 2 - 4 minutesi. While 75 - 80% of sudden cardiac arrests occur in the homei, existing AEDs are expensive, heavy and cumbersome, making ownership beyond most peopleii, iii. CellAED® has been designed specifically to meet the needs of the personal and business AED markets.
i Mehra, R. Global public health problem of sudden cardiac death. Journal of Electrocardiology. 2007; 40(6 SUPPL. 1):118-122. ii Sandison T, Meischke HW, Schaeffer SM, Eisenberg MS. Barriers and facilitators to the prescription of automated external defibrillators for home use in patients with heart disease: A survey of cardiologists. Hear Lung J Acute Crit Care. 2001;30(3):210–5. iii Cram P, Vijan S, Katz D, Fendrick AM. Cost-effectiveness of in-home automated external defibrillators for individuals at increased risk of sudden cardiac death: There’s no place like home? J Gen Intern Med. 2005;20(3):251–8.
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