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The Community Access to Emergency Defibrillation Act of 2002 directs the Secretary to award grants to States, political subdivisions of States, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations to develop and implement public access defibrillation programs. Authorizes appropriations.
Survival rates for ten communities from May 1, 2006, to April 30, 2007 Survival rates from 2001 through 2008 for bystander witnessed cardiac arrest due to heart disease with an initial rhythm of ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia [33] [34] [35] Growth of registered public access defibrillators in King County from 1999 to 2006 [36]
Some defibrillators even provide feedback on the quality of CPR compressions, encouraging the lay rescuer to press the person's chest hard enough to circulate blood. [103] In addition, there is increasing use of public access defibrillation. This involves placing AEDs in public places and training staff in these areas on how to use them.
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In 1994, the Lifepak 11 was released, which set standards in prehospital 12-lead acquisition and transmission. In 1997, the Lifepak 500 was released as a public access defibrillator, and brought AEDs to the mainstream public. The following year, the Lifepak 12 was released, with improved monitoring and diagnostic capabilities, as well as a ...
Bluetooth connections attach the defibrillator wirelessly to a computer, where it can send a shock to help the heartbeat return to normal if the heart gets out of rhythm.
An automated external defibrillator or automatic electronic defibrillator (AED) is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and pulseless ventricular tachycardia, [1] and is able to treat them through defibrillation, the application of electricity which stops the arrhythmia, allowing the heart to re ...
Basic life support (BLS) is a level of medical care which is used for patients with life-threatening condition of cardiac arrest until they can be given full medical care by advanced life support providers (paramedics, nurses, physicians or any trained general personnel).