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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Sat Oct 30 2004 - 22:39:58 EDT
I work in the airline business and we do have these on our planes. The impression I got during training was one that it was not to be thought of as powerful as those paddles you see in the movies. It is not used for cardiac arrest and does not restart the heart in that case. They are used when ever there is an electric anamoly and it corrects that anomaly with electicity. If a doctor could weigh in to clear this up(Dr. Bob). I asked the questions in training and this is what I was told because everyone was thinking the same thing I was(and y'all are).
Anyway, the units are fully automated and walk you thru the whole seqhence. It monitors the pulse of the heart(there has to be one) and shocks it when needed. I even think that they went so far as to say that if there is no heartbeat at all, it will not apply the treatment....that it does not meet the criteria.
While I am sure they are worth their weight in gold, make sure y'all understand what you are buying before burning thru the cash.....Those salesmaen are exactly that....not Doctors.
Other than attaching the electrodes, that is all you have to do.
I may be wrong,
John
Edit:....via google......
The AED treats only a heart in ventricular fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm. In cardiac arrest without ventricular fibrillation, the heart does not respond to electric currents, but needs medications. The victim also needs breathing support. AEDs are less successful when the victim has been in cardiac arrest for more than a few minutes, especially if no CPR was provided.....
....In-hospital defibrillators are manual, larger than AEDs, and designed to be used only by qualified medical personnel with special training to use the device and to recognize heart rhythms. Medical personnel who use the device must decide whether or not to shock the person. Manual defibrillators also have additional capabilities such as pacing and cardioversion.
AEDs are programmed to recognize different heart rhythms and to make the shock/no shock decision, so that users don't have to. They were designed so that lifesaving defibrillation could be performed as quickly as possible.
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