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AED LIFEPAK 1000 ECG Display, w/3 Lead Kit & Infant/Child Electrode - LP1000-6 with Extras
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LIFEPAK 1000 AED (ECG Display, Pediatric Ready, 3 Lead Module) KIT #6 by Physio Control. Includes: 3 Wire ECG Cable w/3 ECG Electrodes, Accessory Pouch for 3 Wire Cable Kit, Infant/Child Electrode Pads, Soft Carry Case w/Strap, 2 Sets REDI PAK Electrodes, Non Rechargeable Long Life Battery, Operating Instructions, Product CD, 2 Rescuer AED/CPR Responder Pack, AED Check Tag & Window Decal, 5 Year Warranty
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Saturday, November 26, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Defibtech Lifeline ReViveR AED // Project StatReview
The Defibtech DDU-100 is sold under two names: the Defibtech ReviveR AED and the Defibtech Lifeline AED. The units are identical. =======================Project StatReview is an educational initiative to familiarize rescuers with Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) that they may use in their workplaces, public locations or homes. The project provides a short video on how to power on the AED, an opportunity to listen to the provided voice prompts and how to deliver a rescue shock. These videos do not replace CPR/AED training, which is easily available through local training agencies. Project StatReview does not endorse one particular brand of defibrillator over another.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Using A Defibrillator
How to use a Cardiac Science PowerHeart G3 Plus Defibrillator AED. Cardiac arrest must be treated immediately with CPR and a defibrillator if available. If not treated within a few minutes, the victims suffers brain death. If defibrillation is performed within 3-5 minutes of collapse, the victim's chance of survival increases by approximately 70%
Friday, November 18, 2011
Betrayed by Your Body - Sudden Adult Death Syndrome
The last fifteen years has seen an explosion in arrhythmia related medical conditions. I believe that there are two reasons for this. Firstly, there is the rapid increase in technology which allow us to offer increasingly sophisticated therapies to sufferers of conditions such as Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Long QT Syndrome, Short QT Syndrome, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy amongst many others. Secondly, the average individual now suffers significantly more stress than fifteen years ago. If at that time you had mentioned Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS) most people would have laughed, thinking that you were probably joking. Now nearly everyone has heard of sudden cardiac death (even if the term SADS means nothing to them).
Imagine my own surprise when in 1992, having suffered a cardiac arrest, the consultant at St George's Hospital Tooting told me that they did not know what was wrong with me except that I was at risk of Sudden Death. "You suffer", he told me, "from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome". (In fact, a couple of years later I was found to be suffering from Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC)). I had thought that I had suffered a 'simple' heart attack.
This article is not about the medical technology or the expert care now available. Nor is it about the changing world and the whys and wherefores of the increasing stress we all now find ourselves under. Rather, it is a personal account aimed at helping the increasing numbers of people who find themselves (either directly or indirectly) affected by the possibility of sudden death. It is the first of a series of such articles.
I was 32 years of age when I suffered my first cardiac arrest. It came completely out of the blue in so far as I had never experienced any heart trouble until that time.
It happened in Accident & Emergency at East Surrey Hospital but my problems had originated an hour earlier at Sandown park racecourse. I was on my own at the races and just making my way to the car park when my heart suddenly accelerated to 200+ beats per minute (ventricular tachycardia, otherwise referred to as VT). That speed sounds like an exaggeration but it must have been close to that fast as I very nearly passed out. The truth is that I was incredibly lucky. If my heart had quickened any faster it would have gone into ventricular fibrillation (VF) (shaking and quivering resulting in loss of electrical control) and I would have suffered a cardiac arrest there and then. Given my situation (on my own in a strange car park, late winter evening ) I would almost certainly have died.
This article is not about the details of that episode so let us just say that I did manage to get to East Surrey Hospital where I finally suffered a cardiac arrest, (the nurse asked me to lie down on the hospital trolley and I promptly arrested - cue alarm bells and the hoohah of the crash trolley). Rather, the main subject matter is the sense of betrayal that sprang out of this first incident (and subsequent incidents). This may sound odd to those who have not experienced a major failure of the body but I am sure that others who like me have had such an experience will know exactly what I am talking about.
The truth is that the body is an incredibly complex system but most of the time we do not think about it in this way. In fact, we take it for granted. It is a matter of trust. We trust it to do all the basics that it has done day in day out for as many years as we can remember, simply because it has always done so. Then suddenly something fails. In our cases, the heart. Suddenly, we lose faith in our ability to do even the simple things - there were times when I wouldn't go up the stairs to go to the toilet because the slight breathlessness made me feel as if I was about to go into ventricular tachycardia (VT) again. Once your heart has accelerated to 250 beats for no good reason and has followed up with cardiac arrest, you never quite see it in the same way again. For years after my experience I clutched my wrist and counted my heartbeat every time I thought I felt it wobble.
And, in my experience, this is the real price of what I would term cardiac meltdown, this complete loss of trust and sense of betrayal. In many ways, it was worse than the fear (inevitably such loss of faith will result in fear) as it changed my perspective on life completely. Prior to this event, I had lived confident in the knowledge that my body was strong, that it was reliable, that it was durable. Sure it had weaknesses, but these were not serious enough to worry about on a daily basis. 25th November 1991 was a watershed in my life. I went from being a self-confident survivor to being vulnerable, to being a victim. I felt sorry for myself, with knobs on.
There is, however, good news for anyone experiencing this fear and betrayal for the first time, anyone who like me finds themselves at risk of Sudden Death (SADS). My experience has taught me that if we so wish we can turn this adversity to our benefit, and actually improve the quality of our lives (I will talk about this in a later article). Although this sounds somewhat trite (I would have laughed before my first cardiac arrest) the truth is that you don't know what you're made of until you dig deep enough. It is amazing what courage there is in even the weakest among us, (and I would have counted myself as a card-carrying member of the of the weak club). I now have a cardiac defibrillator implanted in my stomach. This has gone off many times (in a later article I will recount the most frightening experience, which resulted in my heart stopping for a good three to four minutes - incidentally the cardiac defibrillator recorded this as a successful therapy).
Every time I write an article such as this, I come to the same conclusion - If I can find a full, satisfying and confident life after cardiac meltdown then so can anyone.
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Sunday, November 6, 2011
Automated External Defibrillators
In an industrial environment where there is a risk of electrical shocks or any other type of accident, having first aid measures in place to treat victims is essential in order to improve survival rates and provide on the spot aid as quickly as possible. An automated external defibrillator is a critical link in this first aid response and surviving a life threatening accident.
The first minutes after an accident are the most important time in treating the victims, and by having a fully trained first aid tech on site and them, the chances of the accident victim surviving and not suffering long term damage is greatly increased.
In the case of electrocution, the main threat to the person involved is that the shock can lead to a heart attack. The flow of high levels of electricity through the body disrupts the normal electrical patterns that control the heart's rhythm. This causes the heart to lose its natural rhythm and go into a state of cardiac arrhythmia, which can lead to a full cardiac arrest.
The most effective treatment against cardiac arrhythmia after an accident is the use of an Automated External Defibrillator or AED. These devices are similar to the defibrillators that are used in hospitals to treat patients who have suffered cardiac problems, but work in a slightly different way, and are designed to provide immediate on the spot care for victims of accidents.
Probably the most important aspect of the AED is the fact that it can be used by a person without extensive medical schooling, meaning that provided appropriate training has been given to the individual, an automatic external defibrillator can be used in the workplace.
The secret of the ease of use and simplicity from a treatment point of view of the AED is that it is automated. This contains a computer that is able to derive information from the patient's condition, analyse the information it collects, and then diagnose the exact problem. They can deliver a controlled and appropriate electric shock to the patient in order to cancel out the arrhythmia and allow the heart to return to its regular rhythm.
An automated external defibrillator offers a number of features that makes it simple to use and ideally suited to dealing with accidents. Firstly, the device can be used by almost anyone, as most of the functions and diagnosis work is carried out by the computer rather than by the operator, meaning that it will not be affected by the situation. In addition to this, they will provide feedback to the operator. All will determine initially whether any treatment is required, and only shock the patient if its programming advises it that it will be beneficial.
Most of them include a voice and recorder that collects information throughout the period of their usage. This data, which includes the heart condition of the patient as well as the sounds from the environment around the patient can be downloaded and subsequently analysed to make sure that everything possible was done, and that the device worked correctly. The data can also be used to ensure that future generations of them take into account more information to provide better diagnoses and treatment options to give better and ever more advanced treatment to victims.
Because an AED will only shock under circumstances under which it determines that the shock will correct the arrhythmia of a patient, users are protected under good faith legislation in the USA, which means that even if a patient dies as a result of the treatment being applied, the person who controlled and applied the automated external defibrillator cannot be held liable.
The reason why this particular protection is required is that under a high pressure situation, when seconds matter in delivering treatment to save the life of an accident victim, the rescuer should not be put off from doing their best for fear of a negative outcome.
The reason why every workplace should have at least one AED and trained operators is simple. By having an automatic external defibrillator available in the event of an accident that results in heart problems, the chances of the victim surviving are much higher than otherwise. Early treatment is vital in maximising the likelihood of a cardiac patient making a full recovery, and by having the equipment on hand in case of problems, your workplace will be a much safer place for everyone there.
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