Brazil to install AEDs in 1,220 ambulances
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Brazil is planning to install automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in 1,220 ambulances by the end of this month. It has budgeted R$5.8m (US$3.3m) for the initiative, according to a health ministry statement. The state’s “mobile emergency health service” (SAMU/192) network operates 1,520 ambulances, of which 300 “mobile intensive care” units already have an AED. The SAMU network serves a population of around 106 million people.