Research

PulsePoint Dispatch Associated Patient Characteristics and Prehospital Outcomes in a Mid-Sized Metropolitan Area

This study looked at a variety of metrics from several years' worth of PulsePoint Respond data from Allegheny County.

Can You Get There From Here? An Analysis of Walkability Among PulsePoint CPR Alert Dispatches

This study examined the walkability of PulsePoint Respond alert radii.

Simulating Public Buses as a Mobile Platform for Deployment of Publicly Accessible Automated External Defibrillators

Here, CCAS researchers investigated whether placing AEDs in Pittsburgh city buses would increase access to AEDs in the event of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Myth of the Stolen AED

In this letter to the editor, members of our team report that theft of public access AEDs is rare.

Simulation of the Effects of Co-Locating Naloxone with Automated External Defibrillators

This study investigated the effects of co-locating naloxone with AEDs as a means of improving opioid overdose surivival rates.

Modeling a Novel Hypothetical Use of Postal Collection Boxes as Automated External Defibrillator Access Points

This study explored whether placing AEDs with postal collection boxes would increase AED coverage and decrease the distance from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests to the nearest publicly accessible defibrillator.