The objective of the Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome Audit (SADS) database is to develop a database that will:

• record the frequency of sudden cardiac death in young adults older than one year and less than 35 years of age
• collect key epidemiological, demographic and geographic information
• support analysis of national and local data.

Information from the database can be used in a number of different ways to help NHS organisations meet the NSF quality requirements.

These include:

• supporting the process of identifying and evaluating family members who may have inherited cardiac disease
• inform service design and development
• linkage with other clinical databases to facilitate assessment of the families of young sudden death victims.