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Determine High Risk Locations
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The following formula was used in the Public Access to Defibrillation (PAD) study, based at the University of Washington.
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This result can show you whether there is a high probability of SCA in your community.
Step 1: Take the number of individuals at a particular location.
Step 2: Multiply this number by the percentage of individuals age 50 or over.
Step 3: Multiply this number by the average number of hours spent at the location each day.
Step 4: Multiply this number by 350 if the location is residential, or by 250 if the location is non-residential.
This number equals the number of exposure hours. Locations with 1.4 million exposure hours per year may experience .48 cardiac arrest a year.
If your answer is 600,000 or higher, this location has a high probability of SCA.
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