sudden cardiac arrest kills 300,000 per year in USA
save rate is 5% - (which indicates a 10 minute delay in defib)
20% of cop cars now have defibs
90% of victims can be saved if response time is 1 minute
(CPR extends VF (ventricular fibrillation) which is a shockable rythym
- without CPR, VF changes to asystole ("flat line" - which is not
shockable - is the end of the road)
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Maybe the big plan should be ->>>>> make sure that all cardiac arrests
are witnessed - make sure that 911 is called immediately - make sure
that 911 gives CPR instructions - try to get AED to scene in 1 or 2
minutes
Is it doable? TOTALLY as far as I am concerned - (even without public
safety officers - even without putting firefighters on patrol)
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