Provision of Public Interventions for Cardiac Arrests in US Airports—The Right Place at the Right Time

Current national and international guidelines, supported by primary literature, recommend early intervention in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). 1,2When a person experiences cardiac arrest in public, layperson intervention is imperative to support circulation by means of external chest compressions and correcting potential electrical abnormalities via automated external defibrillators (AEDs).These 2 interventions, when conducted early, are associated with higher rates of return of