Prescribing an automated external defibrillator for children at increased risk of sudden arrhythmic death.

Background: Automated external defibrillators can be life-saving in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Objective: Our aim was to review our experience of prescribing automated external defibrillators for children at increased risk of sudden arrhythmic death.

Methods: We reviewed all automated external defibrillators issued by the Scottish Paediatric Cardiac Electrophysiology Service from 2005 to 2015.