What Is Cpr Aed

CPR AED

CPR AED is a life saving combination of using an AED or Automated eternal defibrillator and CPR together to save a life in need. Courses in CPR AED can be taken by anyone at his or her local Red Cross or American Heart Association. Many places of employment encourage their workers to take CPR AED courses by covering the cost of the class. This way someone is on staff that can handle emergencies at the workplace.

The AED or automated external defibrillator is a computerized electrical device that is used in heart related emergencies. What it does is check for irregular electrical heart impulses, which are either too fast to slow or flat line and shock the heart back into a regular impulse pattern. It is designed to recognize a heart pattern that requires a shock. Being computerized the device has voice prompts lights and text messages to walk the rescuer through the life saving procedure. AED’s are relatively easy to use and very accurate. Anyone can learn to use them within a few hours of class, which is required for certification. Most AED instruction is offered as an CPR AED class to get the benefit of CPR training as well.

The AED is geared to detect cardiac arrhythmia, which is the electrical activity of the heart that becomes irregular by being too fast or too slow. Cardiac arrhythmia can range from very mild palpitations to life threatening irregularities causing death.

An Automated External Defibrillator works by external means. The operator put electrodes on the victim’s bare chest. It automatically accesses the victim’s heart impulses and either responds in voice or text for what needs to be done in relation to the situation.

When turned on, it instructs the operator how to attach the electrodes. Once the electrodes are placed on the vicitim hands should not touch the victim because it can give the AED device a false read. The electrodes enable the AED to analyze the victim’s electrical heart impulse output to determine if the patient is in need of a shock to regulate the electrical impulses. If the AED device determines a shock is necessary, it has an internal battery that readies itself to deliver the charge. The device will only charge for shock if necessary.

If the victim needs to be shocked the AED device will ready the rescuer and instruct him to put the device on the pads release a button and issue a shock. The AED device will then instruct the person to give CPR or upon monitoring the heart impulses instruct the rescuer to give another shock. This is why AED users take CPR AED classes incase they need to give CPR.

The AED units also have memory, which records ECG’s of the victim along with the time device was activated and the amount and strength of shock that was issued. This information can be downloaded on a computer or printed out. This way if the person lives or dies who ever is responsible for the patient or his body can see if the procedures were effective for his or her heart.

Being fully automated or semi automated AED units require very little CPR AED training to use them effectively. The fully automated models have very few buttons and start to prompt as soon as they are activated. The automatic ones will initiate a shock without the user having to make a command. Semi automated kinds will prompt the user that a shock is needed. In either case the operator cannot override the advisory “No Shock” given by the AED.

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