Quote:
Originally Posted by MrChip72
From Harvard University:
“It’s theoretically better than CPR because it can restart the heart, whereas CPR is merely a stopgap.” One study found that a defibrillator-CPR combination improved the survival rate over CPR alone (23% versus 14%).
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True but unless you have that AED in your closet, the minutes waiting for the unit should be used to do CPR. In any setting immediately shake for response, while checking for pulse, or breath. Begin CPR.
One doesn’t sit and watch a non breathing human waiting for a unit. Stopped counting after 100 events, and not once did anyone wait for those pad to be slapped on, even with the unit just outside the door.
So even with a full cart with drugs and opened unit ready to go CPR is first, waiting for that CLEAR announcement.
There are thousands of retired medical people in TV. It’s a bonus when someone has experience or steps away because they have had enough