Community research · CPR · AED · Volunteer responders
Improving cardiac arrest response where people live.
CARAMBA is a Danish research project testing whether targeted AED deployment, practical CPR/AED training and local volunteer responder recruitment can improve early defibrillation before ambulance arrival in residential neighbourhoods.
The intervention
A practical community model built around three simple ideas: make AEDs easier to reach, train local residents, and strengthen volunteer response.
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24-hour accessible AEDs placed close to residents
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Short hands-on CPR and AED courses
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Recruitment of local volunteer responders
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Local anchoring through housing organisations
26
residential neighbourhoods
75+
additional AEDs deployed
30 min
hands-on CPR/AED courses
Evidence
Why residential areas?
Many out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen in private homes and residential areas, where early bystander defibrillation remains far less common than in public places.
View study protocol