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Sudden Cardiac Arrest/Adult CPR/Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
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CPR AND DEFIBRILLATION: Cardiac arrest is the sudden, abrupt loss of heart function resulting from such factors as heart disease, electrocution, drowning, choking and trauma. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) combines rescue breathing and chest compressions to keep victims of cardiac arrest alive until medical treatment is available. During cardiac arrest, the heart stops pumping blood; proper CPR supports a small amount of blood flow to the heart and brain to buy time until the heart begins to function normally again. If the arrest is caused by an abnormal heart rhythm, delivering an electric shock to the heart (defibrillation) can restore the normal rhythm.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Brain death and permanent death can occur within 4 to 6 minutes after the first symptoms of cardiac arrest appear. About 300,000 people in the United States suffer sudden cardiac arrest every year, and the victim's life often hinges on the help of bystanders. Response time by paramedics after a 911 call us usually more than 6 minutes. The probability of survival decreases 7-10 percent each minute after the incident. Yet studies show that less than 1 percent of bystanders have had CPR training, and of those, fewer than 10 percent retained the knowledge a few months after the training. Learning CPR and the use of an (AED) could vastly increase the number of people able to provide emergency life-saving treatment, significantly improving survival changes for sudden cardiac arrest.
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0 Replies |Report This| Share this:Sudden Cardiac Arrest/Adult CPR/Automated External Defibrillator (AED)<b>CPR AND DEFIBRILLATION:</b> Cardiac arrest is the sudden, abrupt loss of heart function resulting from such factors as heart disease, electrocution, drowning, choking and trauma. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) combines rescue breathing and chest compressions to keep victims of cardiac arrest alive until medical treatment is available. During cardiac arrest, the heart stops pumping blood; proper CPR supports a small amount of blood flow to the heart and brain to buy time until the heart begins to function normally again. If the arrest is caused by an abnormal heart rhythm, delivering an electric shock to the heart (defibrillation) can restore the normal rhythm.<br /> <br /><b>MAKING A DIFFERENCE:</b> Brain death and permanent death can occur within 4 to 6 minutes after the first symptoms of cardiac arrest appear. About 300,000 people in the United States suffer sudden cardiac arrest every year, and the victim's life often hinges on the help of bystanders. Response time by paramedics after a 911 call us usually more than 6 minutes. The probability of survival decreases 7-10 percent each minute after the incident. Yet studies show that less than 1 percent of bystanders have had CPR training, and of those, fewer than 10 percent retained the knowledge a few months after the training. Learning CPR and the use of an (AED) could vastly increase the number of people able to provide emergency life-saving treatment, significantly improving survival changes for sudden cardiac arrest.<img src=http://www.uLearncpr.com class=post_img />
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