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Automatic External Defibrillators
in Public Facilities
A 67 year old man recently collapsed while boarding
an airplane. While a doctor began CPR on the man,
a flight attendant retrieved an automatic
external defibrillator (AED) and delivered three
shocks to the man’s chest. The man was revived
and his life was saved.
Most airlines now keep AED’s on hand in order
to help such people. American Airlines began installing
AED’s on its planes seven years ago, and it
has saved 50 people’s lives in that time.
Making automatic external defibrillators available
in other public facilities could save even more
lives.
These defibrillators
have basic instructions so that average people with
no medical training can operate them, and increase
the chances of survival in people suffering from
cardiac arrest. AED’s also have sensors that
make sure that defibrillation is needed; that way,
no unnecessary shocks are delivered.
In a recent study researchers went to 993 public
places such as office buildings, sports facilities
shopping
malls and apartment buildings
in the United States and Canada. They trained over
19,000 people in these facilities how to spot cardiac
arrests and how to administer CPR. At half of the
sites, researchers also taught people how to operate
an automatic external defibrillator and stored one
on-site. All participants in both groups were instructed
to call 911 first in the event of a cardiac arrest.
In the two years that followed, trainees at sites
equipped with AED’s
resuscitated 29 people who had suffered cardiac
arrest compared with only 15 people resuscitated
by CPR only. With over 450,000 out-of-hospital deaths
credited to cardiac arrest each year in the United
States, every public facility could benefit from
an automatic external defibrillator.
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