Apr
10th
Easter Hunt for XEggsX Defibrillators
By Geoff J
Spent much of this morning searching for Easter Defibrillators.
From Nil at 8.30 am I had found Two by 11.00 am. I was
pleased with myself!
One AED was demonstrated before me - it actually told me to keep calm and then proceeded to tell me how to find the pads and carry out the procedure in a cardiac arrest incident. I am now confident that I can cope.
The second was elsewhere. I was advised that my informant could bring it to me in a half a minute. One minute without treatment is a 25% possible loss - if I remember correctly! When I pointed out that I might be in the 12.5 % - the "promise" was that it would be less than 30 seconds! If fact I was reassured because they also had trained first aiders.
At the moment our town's 16,000 inhabitants have about 1 : 8000 coverage. I would have little chance if at home unless a first aider was there too. As yet we have not done the "isochronous maps" for at least, say 3.5 minutes' delivery of a defibrillator.
However, at the standard of 1 PAD per square mile, the town might be well protected with say, 6 to 8 public access defribillators (PADs). Concomitant resources would be equipped and trained communications staff and community first responders (CFRs). It would also help if most of the population was trained in CPR cardiopulmonary resusitation. A couple of months' ago I was "trained" (on a dummy torso) in about 2 minutes by a St John's Ambulance. volunteer
Also we have recruited one volunteer to the team to get the PADs rolled out!
One AED was demonstrated before me - it actually told me to keep calm and then proceeded to tell me how to find the pads and carry out the procedure in a cardiac arrest incident. I am now confident that I can cope.
The second was elsewhere. I was advised that my informant could bring it to me in a half a minute. One minute without treatment is a 25% possible loss - if I remember correctly! When I pointed out that I might be in the 12.5 % - the "promise" was that it would be less than 30 seconds! If fact I was reassured because they also had trained first aiders.
At the moment our town's 16,000 inhabitants have about 1 : 8000 coverage. I would have little chance if at home unless a first aider was there too. As yet we have not done the "isochronous maps" for at least, say 3.5 minutes' delivery of a defibrillator.
However, at the standard of 1 PAD per square mile, the town might be well protected with say, 6 to 8 public access defribillators (PADs). Concomitant resources would be equipped and trained communications staff and community first responders (CFRs). It would also help if most of the population was trained in CPR cardiopulmonary resusitation. A couple of months' ago I was "trained" (on a dummy torso) in about 2 minutes by a St John's Ambulance. volunteer
Also we have recruited one volunteer to the team to get the PADs rolled out!
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