The increase in sales is primarily due to their ease of use and increased public access programs. The US, Europe and Japan remain the largest geographic markets for the AED manufacturers across the globe. The market growth is strong for AEDs due to high adoption rates by hospitals and will result in the increase of public access AEDs in the future.
The regulatory changes which have made it mandatory to place AEDs in public places in many countries have resulted in a significant increase in AED sales. For example, in Japan, until five years ago, public access to AEDs was something that the medical profession in Japan would not have thought possible. In order to eliminate problems preventing the usage of immediate defibrillation, the medical communities and the media worked together to emphasize the importance of public access defibrillation. The continuous pressure from doctors and the demand from the patient population led the Japanese government in 2004, to give permission for public access AEDs.
Ease of use and simplicity act as key drivers for the AED market. The American Heart Association (AHA) and the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) have been actively working on educating the layman about the use of AEDs. Most of the AEDs use an electronic voice that directs users through each step, as well as a screen to give visual prompts. Ease of use has given rise to the idea of Public Access Defibrillation (PAD), which has the potential to be the single largest advancement in the treatment of out-of-hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) since the invention of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
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A new report by GlobalData, the business intelligence specialists, finds that demographics, such as the expansion of a large, lifestyle-aware elderly population, advances in technology, ease of use, and increase in the public access programs are driving growth in the global AED market. GlobalData’s report, “Global Automated External Defibrillators (AED) Market: Demand to Drive Growth”, highlights these factors as the key drivers for the global AED market.
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