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DEFIBRILLATORS & CPR
but they alone can’t solve this massive com- munity challenge.
Putting these and other related strate- gies in place doesn’t guarantee we’ll move
the SCA survival needle. But they are worth a try. After all, the needle has stayed stub- bornly immovable despite repeated efforts over the past 30 years.
So, what are our squad goals? Let’s strive for a 50/50/5 “SCA response squad” model— a 50 percent rate of bystander CPR, 50 percent rate of public access AED use, and enough AEDs so that defibrillation can be delivered within 5 minutes for most SCA victims. If we achieve this much, we’re bound to finally get that stubborn needle to budge.
Richard A. Lazar is a leading national AED program design, operations, and compliance expert and President of Readiness Systems. Readiness Systems designed and offers AED Sentinel, the industry’s first remote AED monitoring system built for every AED pro- gram; provides AED program compliance support; publishes national AED Program Design Guidelines that set the industry stan- dards for AED programs; and manages the AED Law Center. He resides in Portland with his wife and is a proud, new grandfa- ther. Learn more at www.readisys.com.
RAPID ACCESS TO CPR AND AEDS
MAKES SCA A TREATABLE CONDITION
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation, if delivered in the
first minutes after SCA occurs, can have a profound impact on survival from sudden cardiac arrest. CPR involves compressing the chest (and, therefore, the heart), which helps keep oxygen in the blood and the heart primed for defibrillation. Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are medical devices that send an electrical current through the heart muscle (defibrillation) to restore a normal heartbeat. AEDs, when used quickly and together with CPR, can help a person experiencing cardiac arrest regain a normal heartbeat and survive. The faster CPR and AED use happen, the higher the chances of survival.
People of all ages and ethnicities experience SCA without warning. Seventy percent of out-of-hospital SCA events occur in private homes. Among the remaining 30 percent, it is impossible to predict who, where, or when SCA
will strike. Some are surprised to learn that SCA strikes approximately 6,000 young people each year. In all, that means nearly 120,000 people each year— more than 300 each day— are at risk of dying from cardiac arrest in workplace and community settings where volunteer bystanders could potentially step in to help save a life.
For more information and resources on SCA, visit the Sudden Cardiac Ar- rest Foundation at www.sca-aware.org.
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