Hotspots
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and Automated External Defibrillators in your area – ‘Hotspots’ data
Access our Hotspots data HERE.
The OHCAO registry team and our colleagues at The Circuit have put together information about how often cardiac arrests happen, how often CPR is performed by members of the public and how often an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is available.
This data is available by either postcode district (which is the first half of your postcode, e.g. ‘CV4’ or ‘B64’) or by Lower Layer Super Output Area (a small geographical area that typically contains between 400-1200 households).
For cardiac arrests we have indicated which areas are ‘hotspots’. These are areas where cardiac arrests occur at a higher rate than the national average AND where bystanders perform CPR less often than the national average. For AEDs, we have indicated how many AEDs each area has in total, as well as a rate per 1,000 people and per km2.
It is important to remember that the actual or ‘absolute’ risk of having a cardiac arrest in the community is low. The idea is that members of the public or representatives from local ambulance services or other local organisations can search this data and see the situation in their area. You can use this data to decide how best to improve things locally.
Online training is a good starting point. Follow the links to training from the OHCAO registry’s funders: British Heart Foundation (ReVivR) and/or Resuscitation Council UK (Lifesaver App). We also strongly encourage you to explore and access face-to-face training in your area.
Disclaimer:
If you use data related to cardiac arrest hotspots in reports, research projects or other outputs, please acknowledge the OHCAO registry team. If you use data related to AEDs, please acknowledge The Circuit and British Heart Foundation.
In all cases, we expect that your conclusions accurately reflect the data presented here and it is your responsibility to ensure that this happens.
For further information or to discuss anything with us, please contact ohcao@warwick.ac.uk or ndnsupport@bhf.org.uk