Taipei City Government

An automated external defibrillator (AED) is an emergency life-saving device for use in the event of sudden cardiac arrest, but the AED usage rate in Taiwan may be less than 1%. Many people don’t even know where AEDs are located. In Taipei City, as long as the “Taiwan Oh My Guard App” is installed, the people can be immediately guided to acquire nearby AED.
 
Gao Yixiang, an actor, suddenly fell unconscious and stop breathing while recording a reality show in China, and was sent to hospital for emergency treatment, which caused heated discussion. In fact, it is like a relay race against time to save sudden cardiac death victims. If the caller could start CPR right away, plus someone can use the AED, in addition to doubling the fraction surviving, the possibility of recovery would be greatly increased.
 
According to the statistics, more than 20,000 people suffer from Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest(OHCA) in Taiwan each year. Among them, less than 3% can recover and be discharged from the hospital. However, since 2010, AEDs have been placed in public places in accordance with the official policy. There are nearly 10,000 units in public places, but the overall utilization rate is still less than 1%.
 
In Taipei City, victims of OHCA who received a defibrillator shock from a bystander had far greater chances at survival as much as seventy percent with a favorable neurological outcome than those who shocked by EMS AED with twenty nine percent of the fraction surviving. Therefore, the Taipei Fire Department, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the Zhong Bao Social Welfare Foundation jointly developed the “Taiwan Oh My Guard” App, which has a map of AED locations across the country, including 2,051 AEDs in Taipei. When a cardiac emergency occurs, 119 dispatch center will alert members of the public to nearby the medical case and thereby save live by CPR or AED close to them.
 
Taipei City Fire Department called for the encouragement of everyone to help save people. Article 14-2 of the Emergency Medical Services Act has established an exemption clause for “Good Samaritan law” Bystander-initiated CPR is by design, not by chance”. Everyone can download the “Taiwan OH My Guard” App and register as a first responder, so we can help strengthen the chain of survival for sudden cardiac arrest victims. (Download URL iOS: https://goo.gl/CDQ5Vt , Google Play: https://goo.gl/QcBZ2c )