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Figure 1: Cost-saving automated external defibrillator storage.
Figure 2: Automated external defibrillator (AED) map on the internet.

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The author would like to thank J Annis for his linguistic advice.

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  1. Saiseikai Central Hospital, 1-4-17 Mita, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 108-0073, Japan mitamura@saichu.jp

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  1. H Mitamura is Deputy Director of the Saiseikai Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, and Chair of the Japanese Circulation Society's AED Committee.,

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Mitamura, H. Public access defibrillation: advances from Japan. Nat Rev Cardiol 5, 690–692 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio1330

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