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Originally Posted by Rainger99
Does anyone have any statistics on the following?
How many times were the AED used in the last five years (broken down by each year)?
Of those, how many times did AED arrive before EMS?
Where AED arrived first, what were the statistics?
Did the patient survive?
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Depends the neighborhood, our first neighborhood I used Onstar for call, FD arrived 2 minutes 57 seconds according to my onstar advisor. Really was shocked because this was a new area that was still under construction, only 4 homes occupied. In four years AED retrieved 6 times, however FD arrived before unit.
Second neighborhood, new ( younger residents less over 70) 9 years no AEDs in immediate area of 161 houses. 2 deaths non conversion due to length of time. FD on site under 4minutes.
Third neighborhood preowned 10-11yo homes, age between 77-98. In our 11 years FD was on property at 2 minutes 51 seconds to our house 3 separate occasions. Neighborhood AED pads were replaced because of expiration. In 11 years the unit arrived after FD, but you have to take into account the volunteers are also in their late 70s-90s.
Your question on survival will range differently depending on how far the FD station is.
Your last answer shouldn’t be how many survived, but broken down to how many conversions with recovery of 80-100%
How many conversions but lack of immediate CPR prior to AED cause irreversible brain damage. Which person linger for days or months before expiration.
Last is conversion on site, but expires in the bus or shortly after ED arrival.
Your questions at any Medical Facility have accurate stats. From the first second an event starts, to second of CPR start, to length of CPR with AED shock. After each event an in-depth meeting review.
In TV, your answers are acquired by Volunteers, which can vary. Each event I have been involved I can accurately give, exact account from my first evaluation to hand off of a responder.
I never used “we saved them” because those who return in any older population rarely comeback at 100%. Not because of lack of AED or improper use, but lack of immediate CPR from surviving spouses.
It’s important that a unit can arrive, But without immediate CPR on the callers part, end results will always vary. I believe CPR training for all who have a loved one in their home, for those who live alone a medical device to alert responders.
The problem in TV is you will hear a good percentage of conversion for survival. But never what percentage actually can function, or how many hours the person expires after the conversion. For some it’s all about I saved them, but no statement , but they died 5 hours later