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 Defibrillation Statistics 2005
 Updated 6/13/06

Local EMS Agency Total # Shocked # Witnessed Arrest Total # Defib. Discharged Alive Total # Defib/witnessed Discharged Alive Witnessed Survival Rate # of BLS **
Defib. Trained
Alameda * * * * * *
Central California * * * * * *
Contra Costa * * * * * *
Coastal Valley 24 7 0 0 0% 1,900
El Dorado * * * * * *
Imperial * * * * * *
Inland Counties 17 14 0 1 7% 881
Kern 28 * * * * 985
Los Angeles 733 441 5 5 1% 12338
Marin * * * * * *
Merced * * * * * *
Monterey 15 14 5 4 29% *
Mountain Valley * 11 * * * 1238
North Coast 11 8 3 2 38% 222
Northern California 5 5 1 0 0% 3476
Orange * * * * * *
Riverside 23 18 * * * 908
Sacramento * * * * * *
San Benito * * * * * *
San Diego * * * * * *
San Francisco * * * * * *
San Joaquin * * * * * *
San Luis Obispo * * * * * *
San Mateo * * * * * *
Santa Barbara 30 17 2 2 12% 1,071
Santa Clara 31 27 5 5 19% 1,606
Santa Cruz * * * * * *
Sierra-Sacramento Valley * * * * * *
Solano * * * * * *
Tulare * * * * * *
Tuolumne * * * * * *
Ventura * * * * * *
Statewide Public
Safety Agencies
California Highway Patrol * * * * * *
Dept. of Parks & Recreation * * * * * *
CA Dept. of Forestry &
Fire Protection
* * * * * *
TOTAL 918 660 21 15 2% 24,839
*      Not reported
**   Submittal of information not required by regulation

2% of patients shocked were discharged alive from the hospital.
2% of patients in witnessed arrest were discharged alive from the hospital.
72% of patients shocked were in witnessed arrest.

Data is reported as submitted by the Local EMS Agency. For details about the program in an agency, please contact them directly. For more information about the state early defibrillation program, please contact Laura Little, Basic Life Support Coordinator, at the California EMS Authority, 916-322-4336 or - Laura.Little@emsa.ca.gov.




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