55 Defibrillation should therefore be performed as soon as possible. With the advent of automatic external defibrillators AEDs and their dissemination into public places, both elements of effective CPR, chest compressions and defibrillation, can be performed by lay rescuers for victims of out-of-...
Thankfully, the relatively recent advent of automated external defibrillators means that defibrillation can now be performed safely by healthcare assistants (HCAs) and assistant practitioners (APs), ideally before the arrival of the resuscitation team or ambulance. This article explains the ...
The definitive treatment for VF is to perform electrical defibrillation. Defibrillation is highly effective in terminating VF when performed as close to the onset of VF as possible. When defibrillation is delayed, effectiveness is reduced by almost 10% per minute. Adult victims of nontraumatic cardia...
9,10 Although national standards stipulate that an ambulance reaches 75% of cardiac arrests within eight minutes,11 this usually be too late unless both CPR and defibrillation have been performed.12 Types of AEDs An AED is a sophisticated, reliable, safe, computerised device that can deliver ...
(Table 1). Due to the critical risk of bias, no meta-analysis was performed. Certainty of evidence assessed as very low for both studies due to risk of bias, indirectness, and imprecision (Table 1). Blood pressure during CPR was the only reported outcome, and the investigators compared ...
As an example, an implant criterion is derived based on a goal of 1鈥搚ear sudden cardiac death survival of at least 99% by selecting an expected first鈥搒hock efficacy to meet that target. Logistic regression was performed on data from over 1,500 defibrillator implants including successful ...
If paramedics reached the patients before, or simultaneously with, the first responding EMTs, manual rhythm recognition and defibrillation were carried out after instituting CPR, which was performed until the device was readied. When EMT responders arrived first, AEDs were applied to individuals with...
Group 2 studied the role of amplitude and duration balance between shocks and found that two-shock sequences with equal shocks performed best. Group 3 studied whether the new method could be used with either biphasic waveforms or sequential shock pathways. Current reduction for the combined methods...
The bystander was instructed by the dispatch center not to be involved in performing BLS until the AED was on site and a study collaborator performed BLS on the manikin during the retrieval process. During each AED retrieval on foot the bystander covered between 100 m to 3200 m with up to ...
(or of a pacemaker) is a procedure with high morbidity and high mortality, and is therefore generally only performed in cases of severe systemic infection that cannot be treated with antibiotics. In most cases, the fractured leads will be disconnected from the device and left in the heart. A...