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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 ...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) recognized a gap between the typical eight hours training required for providing advanced first aid (as taught by the Red Cross) and the 180 hours typical of an EMT-Basic program. Also, some rural communities could not afford the comprehensive training and highly experienced instructors required ...
Emergency Medical Responder (EMR): EMRs, many of whom are volunteers, provide basic, immediate care including bleeding control, CPR, AED, and emergency childbirth. An EMR, with the help of an EMT, can assume care for a patient while that patient is being transported. [citation needed]
Riker said there’s a demand for services in the Bedford area and many drug treatment and mental health centers have wait lists. After considering other southern Indiana locations, Bedford was a ...
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An AED is an electronic medical device that is used during a cardiac arrest to help reestablish a person’s normal ... Let's do this No, thanks. Need help? Call us! 800-290-4726. Login / Join. Mail.
In 1972 Bernard Lown, the inventor of the external defibrillator, and Paul Axelrod stated in the journal Circulation – "The very rare patient who has frequent bouts of ventricular fibrillation is best treated in a coronary care unit and is better served by an effective anti-arrhythmic program or surgical correction of inadequate coronary ...
This was the first police AED program in BC. [38] British Columbia: Vancouver Police Department: N/A: 2013: N/A: The survival rate from SCA in British Columbia is 12%. [39] The Vancouver Police Department Regulations and Procedures Manual states the following: There shall be an AED deployed in the following vehicles: a. BET NCO vehicle b. CSIU ...