Aed Performance

Precaution and the proper use of defibrillators is an important chapter, and it is included in the standardized curriculum of basic training AED. The American Heart Association, the American Red Cross and the National Security Council approved and published these precautions for the safety of the patient and the user of the EDA. After the occurrence of the incident you have to seek an emergency kit AED immediately.

It is likely that you will find one at the entrance of the building if you're in a public place or a building, because it is the standard location for these kits. Make sure you are familiar with the contents of the kit. You will probably find two buffers, a CPR barrier mask, a piece of cloth or a towel, scissors, a pair of gloves and maybe a razor blade. So go if these precautions of automated external defibrillators to prevent further accidents from occurring.

1. First, make sure the patient for pulse. If you can not sense the pulse you can get, and that the EDA determine whether there is a beating heart at all. In most cases, the AED will indicate if a pulse and whether defibrillation is necessary.

2. You can try to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) before taking any further action. But make sure that the AED device is not to analyze the rhythm. This can cause nasty accidents. Many devices have motion detector AED and CPR, but you will not have time to determine that in a crisis.

3. The AED device should be used with great care if the patient is in a transportation movement. The movement of a vehicle may affect the analysis of the EDA is, that will not be accurate and therefore it is incorrect to perform tasks.

However, if it is used when transporting the patient to the hospital, stop and take the pulse several times and never checks using the AED. Some AED models are smart enough to distinguish between external movement and cardiac motion.

4. Beware of water!

Prior to defibrillation, make sure the patient's chest is completely dry. AED In the kit, you will find a piece of cloth or a towel that is defined there is exactly in order to dry the patient's chest. sweat or water stains make parts of the breast is less resistant to defibrillation may not be very effective. In addition, the presence of water can cause local burns. Also make sure that the patient has no contact with water. It is the patient in a pool or outside in wet weather, take the patient on a safe, dry the chest before taking any further action.

However, do not use alcohol to dry the patient's chest. As you probably know, alcohol is very flammable.

5. Pay special attention to the patient's chest. It must be free of stains or nitroglycerin patches and all other materials. Get rid of all the patches before performing defibrillation. Nitroglycerin patches may cause an explosion upon contact with the carpet of AED.

6. Make sure the patient does not lie on a conductive surface, such as sheet metal or metal bleachers. These drivers can transmit the shock to others who are in the vicinity of the patient.

7. Keep your hands on the patient in the practice of defibrillation.

Also make sure nobody touches the rest of the patient. If these rules are not respected, you or others might get the electric shock. Touching the patient while the AED performs the analysis does not give accurate results.

8. An AED should not be used on children under 8 years, or less than 55 pounds.

Some antiepileptic drugs are not able to adjust the settings of low energy that are needed for children. Anyway, there are several devices on the market that EDA can resuscitate even children under 8. So check t.