tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: "Charging up the public for automated external defibrillators."

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Charging up the public for automated external defibrillators. | Available online http content 9 2 147 Commentary Charging up the public for automated external defibrillators Paula Willoughby DeJesus Assistant Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine Section of Emergency Medicine University of Chicago Illinois USA Corresponding author Paula Willoughby DeJesus pwilloughby@ Published online 24 February 2005 This article is online at http content 9 2 147 2005 BioMed Central Ltd Critical Care 2005 9 147-148 DOI cc3484 See related research by Beckers et al. in this issue http content 9 2 R110 Abstract Public training in the use of automated external defibrillators to treat out-of-hospital cardiac arrests has been receiving increased attention. The implementation of public access defibrillation programs has been the most significant intervention to improve survival in decades. Dramatic success came when we placed automated external defibrillators in the hands of the public to be utilized without an Emergency Medical Services response having to occur. The device is simple to operate - sixth-grade children have demonstrated safe and effective operation. Training should be taken to its elemental level. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training should not be forgotten it too should be taken to its simplest form. Public training in the use of automated external defibrillators AEDs to treat out-of-hospital cardiac arrests has been receiving increased attention 1 . The incidence of cardiac arrests and ventricular fibrillation as its cause has been well reported 2 . Overall survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has remained low at less than 5 in most systems 3 . Emergency Medical Services EMS has been chasing this dragon since the days of Seattle s Medic I in the 1960s. From the early Emergency Medical Technician - Ambulance interventions with cardiopulmonary resuscitation to the sophisticated deployment of full resuscitation by paramedics the dragon continues to elude us. .