Re: Study: Most People Unwilling to Use AEDs

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I always look around. Then weigh the likelihood that anyone knows how to use

them.

I think that the answer to this is clearly education, and we all have the power

to do something about it.

Alyssa Woods, NREMT-B

CPR Instructor

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> I always look around for AEDs whenever I'm in any kind of public building and

am seldom able to spot one easily. There are some exceptions. Some airports have

clearly marked signs, but most do not.

>

> GG

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> Re: Study: Most People Unwilling to Use AEDs

>

> I can understand that point Bob but the really sad part is if it's

> maintained right and functioning as designed the only way to hurt someone with

an

> AED is to beat them over the head with it and the only way to save a person

> who needs an AED is with an AED when they need it not when a trained

> person gets to them!

>

> Given the numbers of saves in airports and such one must wonder how many

> more there would be had these fearful folks used one that may have been

> there. the reverse irony is Jim Page never had that chance and he had

basically

> the best case for an AED save going. witnessed arrest, public CPR, he was

> in great shape for his age, first cardiac event and no AEDF was in that gym.

>

> Sad so freaking sad.

>

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> In a message dated 2/12/2011 7:13:40 P.M. Central Standard Time,

> kellow.bob@... writes:

>

> Not at all surprising. I would think that some (if not many) would equate

> an

> AED to an electric eel.

>

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> Study: Most People Unwilling to Use AEDs

>

> Washington, D.C. -- A Dutch study published online Monday in ls of

> Emergency Medicine reports that less than half (47 percent) of people in a

> public place with access to an automatic external defibrillator (AED) would

> be

> willing to use it, with more than half (53 percent) unable even to

> recognize one ( " Public Access Defibrillation: Time to Access the Public " ).

>

> " An AED is only beneficial if a bystander is willing to use it when

> someone is in cardiac arrest, " said lead study author Schober, MD,

> Ph.D.,

> of V.U. University Medical Center in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. " AEDs are

> increasingly available in public places, such as the train station where we

> conducted our survey. However, in our study, only 28 percent of

> participants correctly identified the AED, knew its purpose and expressed a

> willingness to use it. "

> Just over one-third (34 percent) of participants stated that anyone is

> allowed to use an AED, with nearly half (49 percent) believing only trained

> personnel may use it. The most frequently mentioned reason given for not

> using an AED was not knowing how it works (69 percent), following by fear

> of

>

> harming the victim (14 percent). Only 6 percent of study participants

> spontaneously mentioned AEDs in response to a question about what should be

> done

> as quickly as possible for someone suspected of being in cardiac arrest.

> Wide-scale public information campaigns are an important next step to

> exploit

> the lifesavings potential of public AEDs. "

> Sudden cardiac arrest is a leading cause of mortality in North America and

> Europe. Odds of survival decline by 7 to 10 percent per minute of delay in

> defibrillation. AED application by bystanders saves only 1.4 lives per one

> million people in North America.

> " AEDs are actually very easy to use, but it is obvious that the public has

> not gotten that message, " said Dr. Schober. " Only a minority of

> individuals demonstrated both knowledge and willingness to operate an AED.

>

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