AED是一种轻量级设备, portable device that delivers an electric shock through the chest to the heart. The shock can stop an irregular heart rhythm and allow a normal rhythm to resume following sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). SCA is an abrupt loss of heart function. If it's not treated within minutes, it quickly leads to death.

 

 

Most sudden cardiac arrests result from ventricular fibrillation. This is a rapid and unsynchronized heart rhythm starting in the heart's lower pumping chambers (the ventricles). The heart must be "defibrillated" quickly, because a victim's chance of surviving drops by 7 to 10% for every minute a normal heartbeat isn't restored.

 

AEDs are placed at easily accessible, highly visible, high traffic areas. 

 

Look for signage outside the building that indicates the presence of an AED inside:  

 

Additional mobile AEDs are also available for athletic trainers and coaches to carry to athletic practices and games.

 

The locations of og体育app's AEDs are shown on 赛车的心' AED测位仪.

 

下载赛车的心” Spot the Box应用 to find AEDs on your mobile device, and to help map AEDs in the community.

Wondering if AEDs are hard to use? 他们不是. In fact, they are easy enough for the average sixth grader to use on their own. 在最近的研究中, it took 15 sixth graders an average of 90 seconds to complete defibrillation, compared to the 67 seconds on average for EMTs/paramedics.

 

As noted from the NIH website, "Learning how to use an AED and taking a CPR course are helpful.  然而, if trained personnel aren't available, untrained people also can use an AED to help save someone's life."

 

看这个信息 拯救一条生命模拟器 and learn what the best actions to take are when a cardiac arrest strikes.

Many thanks to 赛车的心 for their assistance in securing grants in support of og体育app's AEDs.