During resuscitation, basic life support (BLS) and automated external defibrillation refer to maneuvers designed to maintain airway patency and support breathing and circulation without equipment other than a barrier device and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED). We present some of the most important developments incorporated to the new ...
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... Accession Number : ADA376178. Title : Defibrillation of the Heart With Low Tension Currents in Experimental Conditions. ...
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... may be accompanied by a physician or trained paramedic with Advanced Life Support competence. However, it should ... ...
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... Accession Number : ADA400314. Title : Automated External Defibrillators Can Save Lives During Cardiac Emergencies. ...
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for adults 40 years of age or greater in the United States and in Puerto Rico. There are approximately 165,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) events every year in the US. Since more than 30 years cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills have saved thousands of lives. The majority of cardiac arrest events occur out of the hospital and ...
The use of the automatic external defibrillator (AED) can significantly reduce the time to defibrillation in patients with sudden cardiac death. This early defibrillation via the AED can also improve patient outcome, including survival and neurologic status among survivors. We undertook the addition of a public ...
OBJECTIVES: To describe the patient characteristics, circumstances and community response in cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; to evaluate the effect on survival of the introduction of prehospital defibrillation; and to identify factors that predict survival. DESIGN: Population-based before-and-after clinical trial. SETTING: Five Ontario communities: London, Sudbury, ...
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ObjectiveTo estimate the potential impact of public access defibrillators on overall survival after out of hospital cardiac arrest.DesignRetrospective cohort study using data from an electronic register. A statistical model was used to estimate the effect on survival of placing public access defibrillators at ...
Automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, will automatically analyze a patient's ECG and, if needed, deliver a defibrillating shock to the heart. We sometimes refer to these devices as AED-only devices or stand-alone AEDs. The basic function of AEDs is similar to that of defibrillator/monitors, but AEDs lack their advanced ...
Arrhythmia; Heart Arrest; Heart Diseases; Myocardial Infarction; Ventricular Fibrillation; Death, Sudden, Cardiac
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...establish a public access defibrillation program in a Federal facility? 102-79...79-ASSIGNMENT AND UTILIZATION OF SPACE Assignment and Utilization of Space Public Access Defibrillation Programs § 102-79.115 What...
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The role of devices that deliver shock therapy for atrial fibrillation is still debated. Following technical improvements in catheter-based atrial defibrillation, implantable devices have become available either in the form of stand-alone atrial defibrillators or in the form of dual defibrillators. Although ...
... obtained from rats implanted with temperature ... being without an implant: �Compliance with ... pacemakers and defibrillators, and cochlear implants. ...
Rotary aircraft play a growing role in the transport of critically ill patients who may require emergency treatment, including defibrillation, during transport. The close quarters and proximity of vital electronic equipment have generated concern among personnel carrying out defibrillation in the air. We address the chief safety issues ...
Widespread provision of early defibrillation following cardiac arrest holds major promise for improved survival from ventricular fibrillation. The critical element in predicting a successful outcome is the rapidity with which defibrillation is achieved. A worldwide awareness of this potential and its advocacy by such organizations as the American Heart ...
In cardiac arrest the interval between the collapse and defibrillation may be shortened by teaching lay people to use defibrillators. We conducted a 3-year prospective, community-based study on public access defibrillation (PAD) in an urban emergency medical services system. All public sites with a cardiac arrest ...
The high mortality rates associated with out of hospital cardiac arrest, particularly those occurring in the home, stress the need for early treatment in the form of publicly accessible external defibrillators
... Accession Number : ADA412038. Title : Real-Time Control of the Embedded Waveform for External Defibrillation. Descriptive ...
... for the best branch to go into the left ventricle so that we can get a good access ... would like to pace both the right and left ventricle to make them work together, but in the ...
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Aim.? To describe the clinical aspects of implantable cardioverter defibrillators care in Sweden with focus on organisation, the role and education of nurses, patient information and education and areas in need of improvement. Background.? Implantable cardioverter defibrillators implantations have developed rapidly in recent years and ...
The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) has become an integral part of treatment for a variety of patients with symptomatic, or at risk for, ventricular tachyarrhythmias. The ICD's effectiveness is attributed to its ability to promptly detect and terminate ventricular tachycardia (VT) and fibrillation (VF). The clinical trials that established the positive ...
A 56-yr-old man with aborted sudden cardiac death underwent implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation. While the ICD was being implanted, a left subclavian venogram failed to visualize the left subclavian vein, which was attributed to likely prolonged indwelling of the left subclavian sheath for venous access. Accordingly, the right ...
Internal cardioversion has been developed as an alternative technique for patients who are resistant to external DC cardioversion of atrial fibrillation (AF) and was found to be associated with higher success rates. It used initially high energies (200-300 J) delivered between an intracardiac catheter and a backplate. Subsequent studies have shown that it is possible to terminate with energies of ...
In the United States, 250,000 people die from a cardiac arrest every year. Despite a well established emergency medical response system, survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remains poor in United States cities. Paramount to achieving successful resuscitation of a cardiac arrest victim is provision of early defibrillation. Among patients that arrest due to a ...
...defibrillation program in a Federal facility? 102-79.115 Section 102-79.115 Public Contracts and Property Management... FEDERAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION REAL PROPERTY 79-ASSIGNMENT AND UTILIZATION OF SPACE...
Defibrillation of cardiac tissue can be viewed in the context of dynamical systems theory as the attempt to move a dynamical system from the basin of attraction of one attractor (fibrillation) to another (the uniform rest state) by applying a stimulus whose form is physically constrained. Here we give an introduction to the physical mechanism of cardiac ...
BackgroundImmediate defibrillation is the decisive determinant of prognosis in patients suffering from cardiac/circulatory arrest caused by ventricular fibrillation (VF). Therefore, various national and international associations recommend that first responders use defibrillators as soon as possible and also recommend public access to ...
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In the months of winter 2002-2004, three cases of non-traumatic cardiac arrest occurred in the skiing area of the Stubaier Gletscher in Tyrol, Austria. All patients were initially resuscitated by ski patrol members, including the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED). Two of the patients were alive at hospital admission, one patient was discharged from hospital ...
Despite the multiple advances in the field of cardiovascular medicine, the incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) continues to rise. Of all SCDs, <25% occur in individuals deemed at high risk by current risk-stratification algorithms; hence, these risk-stratification algorithms are not satisfactory. Until better markers are identified to risk stratify patients, we will see an increasing use of ...
