The intention for a public access defibrillation funded program is to maximise the appropriate use of an AED by either trained or untrained lay persons in the case of a casualty having a sudden cardiac arrest.
Four in five managers and staff strongly agreed or agreed that:
- 'Any untrained staff or member of the public could use an AED' (79% of the managers and 78% of the staff).
While the majority of managers and staff thought that any untrained staff or member of the public could use an AED, both groups thought that there was a low likelihood of this occurring with the current level of public knowledge.