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Author : Andrew R. Roszak
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Implementing an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Program written by Andrew R. Roszak and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David R. Weiss
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Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (218 download)
Download or read book Implementing an Automated External Defibrillator Program in the Village of Westmont and the Westmont Fire Department written by David R. Weiss and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problem facing Westmont Fire Department is how to implement an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) program within the Village of Westmont and the Westmont Fire Department for the purpose of increasing Advanced Life Support (ALS) services to the community. The Westmont Fire Department is challenged on a daily basis to keep pace with the changes in the emergency medical services of the fire service today. The purpose of the Applied Research Project (APR) is to investigate the effect of having Automated External Defibrillators on fire department apparatus and vehicles as well as the development of an operational plan for AEDs within the Village of Westmont. The research process was facilitated using action and evaluation research to answer the following questions: 1. Would an AED program improve emergency services to the community? 2. Would the development and implementation of an AED program be cost effective? 3. How effective are AEDs in actual field use? 4. What are the advantages of having an AED program? The process used to answer the above questions included a ten-question survey mailed to a total of forty fire departments, twenty in the State of Illinois and twenty to the Executive Fire Officer participants across the United States (Appendix A). Thirty-three of the forty questionnaires (82.5%) were completed and returned (Appendix B). The Illinois Fire Chiefs Association and Executive Fire Officer participant departments were chosen because they represent a sample selection of the fire departments found in Illinois and across the nation. The results of this project demonstrated positive effects for the implementation of an AED program within the Village of Westmont Fire Department. The results also indicated the need to strategically implement a plan to place AEDs in businesses, organizational groups, and schools, all of which have high probability for sudden cardiac arrests. It is the author's recommendation that an Automated External Defibrillator program to improve Emergency Medical Services and increase the survival rate of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) victims be implemented for the Village of Westmont. [STAR#: 129125]
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030937202X
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cardiac arrest can strike a seemingly healthy individual of any age, race, ethnicity, or gender at any time in any location, often without warning. Cardiac arrest is the third leading cause of death in the United States, following cancer and heart disease. Four out of five cardiac arrests occur in the home, and more than 90 percent of individuals with cardiac arrest die before reaching the hospital. First and foremost, cardiac arrest treatment is a community issue - local resources and personnel must provide appropriate, high-quality care to save the life of a community member. Time between onset of arrest and provision of care is fundamental, and shortening this time is one of the best ways to reduce the risk of death and disability from cardiac arrest. Specific actions can be implemented now to decrease this time, and recent advances in science could lead to new discoveries in the causes of, and treatments for, cardiac arrest. However, specific barriers must first be addressed. Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival examines the complete system of response to cardiac arrest in the United States and identifies opportunities within existing and new treatments, strategies, and research that promise to improve the survival and recovery of patients. The recommendations of Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival provide high-priority actions to advance the field as a whole. This report will help citizens, government agencies, and private industry to improve health outcomes from sudden cardiac arrest across the United States.
Author : Craig Hartpence
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0557505771
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (575 download)
Download or read book Early Access to Automated External Defibrillators written by Craig Hartpence and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-07-19 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Access to Automated External Defibrillators is a step-by-step program on how to construct and maintain a Public Access Defibrillation Program for your Church, Business, or outdoor event. The AED is new technology that can be used by the public to save a life. If this device is applied within 4 minutes or less it could increase survival rate to 89%. In less than 2 minutes, increases possibility to 98%. Seconds count in Sudden Cardiac Arrest. For each minute you are down in full arrest you loose 10% of your life. The only thing that can save your life is an electrical shock from an AED. After 4 minutes you slide into physical death, chances of survival decrease. This manual shows you how to obtain Medical Direction for your program and Calculation formulas to decide your response time and number of AED's to place. The author of this manual has actual experienced using these devices in the public setting with great success. For more information go to www.aedmeddirect.com
Author : Bryan Patrick Hennessey
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Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (826 download)
Download or read book Investigation of Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Experience and Knowledge at The Ohio State University written by Bryan Patrick Hennessey and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training has become increasingly more common among non-medical individuals. Past studies have shown the benefits of placing AEDs in public settings for use by non-medical first responders and that AED/CPR training of responders is an important factor in resuscitation of victims of cardiac arrest. However, potential users must be aware of AED locations and must be willing to use them and perform CPR. There is currently no location listing of AEDs on the OSU main campus. This naturally leads to questions about community knowledge and awareness of AED locations on campus and willingness and knowledge about their use. A web-based questionnaire with two sets of questions was administered to a sample of faculty and staff and a sample of administrators from The Ohio State University. The goal of the study was to determine if these members of the OSU community know where AEDs are located on campus and to what extent these members are ready or willing to use them. Information about the current training and experience levels of faculty and staff and their interest in participating in AED/CPR training, as well as administrators' experience with AEDs and CPR and their interest in purchasing an AED or providing training was collected through the questionnaire. The questionnaire was answered by 32 staff members, 55 faculty members, and 42 administrators over a two week period. The results from the questionnaire suggest that few faculty, staff, or administrators have knowledge about the presence of AEDs in or near their work locations on campus. The results from the questionnaire showed that while about two-thirds of respondents had been trained in CPR at some point in time, few were current in their training (10.7 percent of those who were trained at some point). Very few had received AED training at any point in time. However, there was a widespread interest in participating in training in use of AED and CPR (95.2 percent of all respondents). Administrators were generally interested in purchasing an AED for their building (80.0 percent responded "yes" or "maybe") and providing training for employees (80.0 percent responded "yes" or "maybe"). Currently there is no system in place for providing AEDs in public areas at The Ohio State University and it is unknown exactly how many AEDs are currently on campus. However, based on this sample there is interest in obtaining AEDs for buildings on main campus that are not part of the medical campus and interest in receiving training in the use of AEDs and performing CPR. Many other college campuses are moving toward comprehensive AED and CPR plans as part of their emergency management programs. Their experience and the interest on the part of administrators, faculty and staff who participated in this study could support the development of an AED program at The Ohio State University.
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ISBN 13 : 9781424903276
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Use of Automated External Defibrillators in Cardiac Arrest written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specifically, the objectives were to identify the components of a program to deliver early defibrillation that optimize the effectiveness of AEDs in out-of-hospital and hospital settings, to determine whether AEDs are cost-effective, and if cost-effectiveness was determined, to advise on how they should be distributed in Ontario. [...] It is intuitive that these devices should be provided in hospitals in areas that are not readily accessible to the traditional responders, the "code blue team." Similarly, it is intuitive to provide AEDs in out-of-hospital settings where the risk of cardiac arrest is high and a response plan involving trained first responders in the use of AEDs is in place. [...] Thus, the Medical Advisory Secretariat reviewed the literature and focused on the components of an AED program in out-of-hospital settings that maximize the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the program in the management of cardiac arrest. [...] Specifically, the Ontario Health Technology Assessment Committee asked the Medical Advisory Secretariat to identify the components of a program to deliver early defibrillation that optimize the effectiveness of AEDs in out-of-hospital and hospital settings, to determine whether AEDs are cost-effective and, if cost-effectiveness was determined, to advise them on how the devices should be distribute [...] Therefore, this review focused on the components of an AED program in out-of-hospital settings that maximize the effectiveness of an AED program in the management of cardiac arrest.
Author : Michael D. Olson
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Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (966 download)
Download or read book Effects of a first responders Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) program on patient outcomes in a rural emergency medical service system written by Michael D. Olson and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Benjamin Gulli
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780763728144
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (281 download)
Download or read book AED written by Benjamin Gulli and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2004-06-28 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Fourth Edition is designed to facilitate the efficient training, testing, and retesting in the use of AEDs.
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Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Implementing an Early Defibrillation Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Aviation
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Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)
Download or read book FAA Implementation of the Aviation Medical Assistance Act of 1998 (should Defibrillators be Required on Aircraft and at Airports) written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Aviation and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Susan Patrice Brown
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Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (436 download)
Download or read book Training Hospital-employed Nurses to Use Automatic External Defibrillators written by Susan Patrice Brown and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christopher L.F. Sun
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Download or read book Improving Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes and Automated External Defibrillator Placement Guidelines Through Optimization and Predictive Modeling written by Christopher L.F. Sun and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is an often fatal, time-sensitive emergency event. OHCA survival decreases significantly for every minute without treatment. Defibrillation, an effective means to resuscitate OHCA victims, can be safely delivered by untrained bystanders using an automated external defibrillator (AED). The dissemination of AEDs in public areas for bystander use has been shown to reduce the time to defibrillation and triple OHCA survival. However, bystander AED use and OHCA survival remain low despite the increasing amount of resources dedicated to AED placement. Identifying the limitations of existing AED network design and exploring new strategies for AED deployment are crucial to ensure efforts and resources spent on AED placements directly translate to improved OHCA outcomes. To address these questions, this thesis focuses on increasing the understanding of spatiotemporal OHCA risk and developing novel tools to improve the assessment and design of AED networks, using optimization and machine learning techniques, with the ultimate goal of increasing bystander AED use and OHCA survival. Specifically, we analyzed AED placement guidelines, existing AED networks, bystander response records, and real OHCA patient data from Toronto, Canada, and Copenhagen, Denmark and identified limited temporal AED accessibility as a key factor responsible for low AED use rates. Motivated by this finding, we developed a spatiotemporal AED placement optimization model that maximizes spatial and temporal AED accessibility. We showed our model reverses the effects of limited temporal AED accessibility in both Toronto and Copenhagen, two vastly different cities with distinct geographies, populations, and EMS systems. This demonstrated the effectiveness and generalizability of our optimization approach. To validate the clinical value of our optimization model, we developed a novel in silico trial framework that computationally evaluates AED networks in a real-life deployment situation. Using this framework, we conducted two in silico trials and established the superiority of optimization approaches to current practices and established placement guidelines, which represent the gold standard of evidence-based AED placement recommendations, in improving estimated OHCA outcomes. In conclusion, our findings identify the importance of temporal AED accessibility, data-driven AED placement optimization models, and centralized decision making in improving AED use and OHCA survival.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
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ISBN 13 : 9780160607332
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Saving Lives written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joan Olivet Vila
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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Assessment Of Training In The Use Of Automatic External Defibrillator In A Public Defibrillation Program written by Joan Olivet Vila and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To evaluate the training in the use of automated external defibrillator (AED) in a defibrillation programme addressed to the general population, analysing compliance with guidelines, skills in Basic Life Support (BLS) and use of AED by type of training performed. Descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study carried out over three years, which evaluates and compares the results of the various training programs (6 hours, 3 hours, recertification and demonstration workshops) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and AED use in a sample of 326 participants. The data collection instruments are a questionnaire and a high-fidelity manikin. Contingency tables, chi-square and Kruskal-Wallis test have been used for the statistical analysis. Opening the airway is done correctly by 59.6% in the 6h course and 52.2% in the recertification course. However, a large percentage of participants from the 3h course (72.7%) and especially from the workshops (95.3%) do not open the airway during AED use. In relation to BLS skills and the use of AED the only differences observed between 6h, 3h and recertification courses referred to the placement of the hands (X2(2)=15.01,p
Author : Dean K. Redman
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Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (212 download)
Download or read book The Potential for Saving Lives of Heart Attack Victims Through Early Automatic External Defibrillator Intervention: a Feasibility Study for the Channahon Fire Protection District written by Dean K. Redman and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was minimum distribution of cardiac defibrillation equipment in the primary response area of the Channahon Fire Protection District. The problem was that the Channahon Fire Protection District did not have an early automatic external defibrillation (AED) program. The purpose of this applied research project was to determine whether or not it is feasible for the Channahon Fire Protection District to implement an early defibrillation program for its jurisdiction. A descriptive research methodology was used to answer the following research questions, while action research methodology was used to develop the framework for implementing an early defibrillation program: 1. Can the Channahon Fire Protection District impact the survival rate of heart attack victims through an early automatic external defibrillation program? 2. How can the Channahon Fire Protection District financially support an early automatic external defibrillation program? 3. How can the Channahon Fire Protection District make the public aware of the need for an early automatic external defibrillation program? 4. What can the Channahon Fire Protection District do to educate the public first responders on the proper use of automatic external defibrillators? The principal procedures utilized to complete the research project were a review of the fire service literature contained in magazine articles, fire service journals, and resources of the United States Fire Administration. Also referenced was literature available through the American Medical Association. The major results of this research were that successful early defibrillation programs involved delivery strategies that focused on rapid intervention as time was the major component to quality in an automatic external defibrillator program (Browett, 1998). Experts believed that more than three hundred lives a day could be saved if the maximum time to defibrillation were in the five to seven minute range (Newman,1997). Survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are as low as 1.4% (Olson, Fontanarosa,1999) with current intervention techniques. Other factors that might influence the placement of AED's included call volume, response-area demography and the distribution of advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) and basic life support (BLS) response times (Becker,Mandell,1991). The recommendations resulting from this research included the Channahon Fire Protection District developing a comprehensive plan and framework for implementing an early defibrillation program, specific to its resouces and particular needs. These recommendations are based upon results of the research. [STAR#: 124828]
Author : American Red Cross
Publisher : Staywell (CA)
ISBN 13 : 9781584803041
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (3 download)
Download or read book CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer written by American Red Cross and published by Staywell (CA). This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New American Red Cros CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer Participant's Manual and course reflect changes based on the 2005 Consensus on Science for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) and the Guidelines 2005 for First Aid. Changes to this program and manual include simplifications to many of the CPR skill sequences, which helps improve retention. There have also been changes to help improve the quality of CPR. The integration of CPR skills into the operation of AEDs had changed to help improve survival from sudden cardiac arrest. Professional rescuers are now trained to use AEDs on adults and children. Information has been updated and added to this program to help professional rescuers administer epinephrine, aspirin and fixed-flow-rate oxygen. The skills learned in this course include adult, child and infant rescue breathing, conscious and unconscious choking, CPR, two-rescuer CPR and adult and child AED. Additional training can be added to this course including bloodborne pathogens training and emergency oxygen administration. While the skills and knowledge that professional rescuers use are increasing, this training will help you meet your most important responsibility as a professional rescuer- the responsibility to save lives.
Author : Colorado. Board of Medical Examiners
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (378 download)
Download or read book Automated External Defibrillation (AED) written by Colorado. Board of Medical Examiners and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
