Table 2.
Increasing Trends in Emergency Life-saving Technicians, Trained Laypeople, and Public-access AEDs
| EMS* | Trained laypeople* | Public-access
AEDs† |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | ELSTs in
EMS units, n |
EMS units
(total), n |
EMS units
with ELSTs, % |
Trained in
3-hour course, n |
Trained in
8-hour course, n |
Short
course, n |
Number of
units sold, n |
| 1992 | 483 | 4237 | 4.0 | ||||
| 1993 | 541 | 4229 | 5.2 | ||||
| 1994 | 1,369 | 4331 | 11.5 | 246,356 | 10,680 | ||
| 1995 | 2,232 | 4387 | 16.6 | 395,045 | 19,212 | ||
| 1996 | 3,338 | 4416 | 23.9 | 491,300 | 25,758 | ||
| 1997 | 4,556 | 4483 | 29.7 | 589,798 | 33,670 | ||
| 1998 | 5,846 | 4515 | 37.2 | 655,700 | 34,807 | ||
| 1999 | 6,757 | 4553 | 44.8 | 797,979 | 41,135 | ||
| 2000 | 8,016 | 4582 | 51.2 | 861,699 | 48,393 | ||
| 2001 | 9,461 | 4,563 | 56.8 | 901,039 | 53,795 | ||
| 2002 | 10,823 | 4,596 | 62.8 | 970,898 | 58,410 | ||
| 2003 | 12,152 | 4,649 | 67.6 | 1,081,946 | 61,746 | ||
| 2004 | 13,505 | 4,711 | 73.0 | 1,053,715 | 65,895 | 1,307 | |
| 2005 | 15,317 | 4,751 | 78.3 | 1,147,904 | 68,081 | 10,961 | |
| 2006 | 16,468 | 4,779 | 82.4 | 1,388,212 | 78,922 | 45,417 | |
| 2007 | 17,218 | 4,846 | 86.3 | 1,499,485 | 72,843 | 96,545 | |
| 2008 | 18,336 | 4,871 | 88.5 | 1,541,459 | 77,660 | 164,343 | |
| 2009 | 19,368 | 4,892 | 91.0 | 1,490,246 | 75,926 | 218,050 | |
| 2010 | 20,383 | 4,910 | 93.1 | 1,408,864 | 76,999 | 264,165 | |
| 2011 | 21,268 | 4,927 | 94.3 | 1,345,591 | 79,959 | 310,075 | |
| 2012 | 22,118 | 4,965 | 95.9 | 1,410,981 | 84,898 | 224,230 | 364,959 |
| 2013 | 22,870 | 5,004 | 96.8 | 1,392,325 | 50,547 | 325,476 | 428,821 |
| 2014 | 23,560 | 5,028 | 97.4 | 1,376,149 | 84,864 | 392542 | 516,135 |
| 2015 | 24,223 | 5,069 | 97.8 | 1,355,791 | 84,307 | 409347 | 602,382 |
| 2016 | 24,973 | 5,090 | 98.4 | 1,315,946 | 82,385 | 443,943 | 688,329 |
| 2017 | 25,872 | 5,140 | 98.9 | 1,287,848 | 88,659 | 558,454 | 784,467 |
| 2018 | 26,581 | 5,179 | 99.1 | 1,245,971 | 91,014 | 656,226 | 881,467 |
AED, automated external defibrillator; ELST, emergency life-saving technician; EMS, emergency medical service *Data source: Fire and Disaster Management Agency. [Report on emergency medical service and rescue, 2018]. Tokyo: the Agency; 2019. Japanese (26).
† Data source: Tanabe S, Yokota H. [Promotion of AED use by citizens and handling of related information, Report of Fiscal Year. 2018]. Tokyo: 2019. [AED sales and deployments]. Sakamoto T, editor; p. 15-22. Japanese (29).