TY - JOUR T1 - <span hwp:id="article-title-1" class="article-title">An automated external defibrillator in the home did not reduce all-cause mortality in patients at risk of cardiac arrest</span><span hwp:id="article-title-2" class="sub-article-title">Commentary</span> JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 113 LP - 113 DO - 10.1136/ebn.11.4.113 VL - 11 IS - 4 AU - Heather Sherrard Y1 - 2008/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/11/4/113.abstract N2 - G H BardyDr G H Bardy, Seattle Institute for Cardiac Research, Seattle, WA, USA; gbardy@sicr.orgIn stable patients at increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest, does having an automated external defibrillator (AED) in the home reduce all-cause mortality compared with training in usual emergency procedures?Design:randomised controlled trial (Home Automated External Defibrillator Trial [HAT]).Allocation:{concealed}.*Blinding:blinded (outcome adjudication committee).Follow-up period:median 37 months.Setting:178 clinical sites in the USA, Canada, Australia, the UK, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Germany.Patients:7001 patients (median age 62 y, 83% men) who had had anterior-wall myocardial infarction, were not candidates for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy, and had a spouse or companion at home who was willing and able to perform the study interventions.Intervention:provision of an AED for home use (nā€Š=ā€Š3495) ā€¦ ER -