CPR with AED saves lives. If the arrest is witnessed CPR should be started until someone can hookup the AED to the patient. But you must be aware when you first check the patient whether the patient has a pulse and or is breathing. You don't want to do CPR on someone who is just unconscious or had a seizure. The AED would also help with this in informing the user to do or not to do CPR. I was told about 2 years ago that the save rate here in The Villages is about 40%. The national average is about 8%. So the more AED programs we have here in The Villages along with the continued training and retraining will most likely make our save rate improve.
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