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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 : Dean K. Redman
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ISBN 13 :
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 : 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 : David R. Weiss
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ISBN 13 :
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 : 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 : Susan Patrice Brown
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ISBN 13 :
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 : 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.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 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 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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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 : Mark Edward Alexander Escott
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (623 download)
Download or read book The Impact of a University Based First Responder Program with Early Defibrillation Capability on Strengthening the Chain of Survival for Sudden Cardiac Arrest written by Mark Edward Alexander Escott and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wanchun Tang
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 145573845X
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (557 download)
Download or read book Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics written by Wanchun Tang and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics in this issue include: Automated external defibrillation; Airway management during CPR; Could we remove ventilation from ABC's of CPR?; Advances in mechanical interventions during CPR; The role of vasopressor agents during CPR; Optimizing the timing of defibrillation: the role of VF waveform analysis during CPR; Therapeutic hypothermia during and after CPR; and Advances in brain resuscitation: beyond hypothermia.
Author : John M. Field
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN 13 : 1469801620
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (698 download)
Download or read book The Textbook of Emergency Cardiovascular Care and CPR written by John M. Field and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2012-11-07 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an editorial team of leading experts from the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Heart Association, this book is the first complete, clinically oriented reference textbook in emergency cardiovascular care and CPR. The book translates bench research to the clinician's bedside needs and addresses end-of-life issues. The content is appropriate for a large audience including early caregivers, emergency department and CCU nurses, students, residents, fellows, and hospitalists responsible for cardiovascular emergency situations. A companion Website will include the fully searchable text, instructional videos produced by the AHA, and links to ACC, AHA, ASE, ACEP, and ILCOR guidelines and policy statements.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( 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 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John W. Rust
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Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (451 download)
Download or read book The Effectiveness of Early Defibrillation Using the Semi Automatic External Defibrillator written by John W. Rust and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 930,000 deaths from cardiovascular disease occur each year in the United States. Coronary artery disease accounts for approximately 500,000 of these deaths; the majority of them are sudden deaths (AHA, 1997). These pre-hospital cardiac arrest victims deaths are caused by the deadly cardiac rhythm ventricular fibrillation (VF). Treatment for VF is rapid defibrillation. The Semi Automatic External Defibrillator (SAED) is proposed as a way for Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT's) to deliver rapid defibrillation in the field. The purpose of this study was to determine the outcomes of the SAED when used by EMT's compared to manual defibrillators used by paramedics. Outcomes were compared in terms of response time and success determined by admission to the Emergency Department with an adequate cardiac rhythm. Using an Expost Facto research design data were collected from medical records from 1992-1997. The paramedics field report and the SAED utilization report used by EMT's provided data regarding age of the patient, their sex, and the response time of the EMT's and/or paramedics. The response time and success rate of EMT's using the SAED at converting VF to an adequate cardiac rhythm were compared to the response time and success rate of paramedics using manual defibrillators. One hundred and fifty pre-hospital arrest patients in each group was studied. In the SAED group there was a 15% survival rate of reaching the Emergency Department with a pulse post cardiac arrest. The manual defibrillation group had a 17% survival rate. However, the prehospital cardiac arrest patients treated with the SAED who survived to reach the Emergency Department had a 39% chance of being discharged from the hospital alive compared to an 11% if treated by manual defibrillators. Based on a chi square test (x 2 =3.125, df=298) there was no significant difference in the two groups.
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:
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ISBN 13 : 9781584800606
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (6 download)
Download or read book First Aid/CPR/AED Program written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Damir Erkapic
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9535109316
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (351 download)
Download or read book Cardiac Defibrillation written by Damir Erkapic and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2013-01-09 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sudden cardiac death and ventricular arrhythmia play a prominent role in mortality in our era. One of the biggest milestones in the therapy of ventricular arrhythmias was the invention of cardiac defibrillation. There were several important developments in the last decades, making nowadays automated external and internal defibrillators widely available. However, the rapid evolution and high differentiation of available options presents a challenge to be kept "up-to-date". With this book, we would like to review the actual guidelines and give practical advices concerning of indications in cardiomyopathy patients, possible contraindications and complications, the perioperative management including anticoagulation and antibiotics, and the programming and follow-up of defibrillator devices.
