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Ni Docs, Ni Medics, Ni ambulanciers ! ? 75 Percent Survival Rate Reported in Airport Study, Including AED Use By Untrained Travelers; However, few communities have programs to make emergency defibrillation widely accessible to cardiac arrest victims. In a study published in the December 2001 Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern cited the results of public access defibrillation programs at Chicago's O'Hare International and Midway airports (The Chicago Heart Save Program). Fifty-one AEDs were deployed throughout strategic terminal areas at both facilities. In the first 10 months of the program, a total of 14 cardiac arrests were reported and the victims treated with AEDs. Twelve of these patients experienced ventricular fibrillation, the most common manifestation of sudden cardiac arrest, and nine were resuscitated with intact neurological function -- a 75% survival rate. This figure is a dramatic improvement over the low survival rates reported in public places not equipped with AEDs, and it is important to note that airport travelers without any prior AED training successfully defibrillated 9 of the 14 victims. This and other studies cited in the clinical article confirmed that AEDs were not only effective in delivering a shock when necessary, but also in identifying heart rhythms that were not life-threatening and advising the operator of the AED not to deliver a shock. Cardiac arrest takes a tremendous toll on the American public, killing more than 450,000 people annually. Defibrillation is the only effective treatment for sudden cardiac arrest. Currently, a person who suffers sudden cardiac arrest outside of a hospital has only around a 5 percent chance of surviving. Ninety percent of cardiac arrest victims who are treated with a defibrillator within one minute of arrest can be saved, but every minute after the initial event that a person goes without treatment decreases a person's chance of survival by 10 percent. However, few communities have programs to make emergency defibrillation widely accessible to cardiac arrest victims. AEDs have a 97 percent success rate in terminating ventricular fibrillation, yet fewer than half of the nation's ambulance services, less than 15 percent of emergency service fire units, and less than 2 percent of police vehicles are currently equipped with AEDs. According to a New England Journal of Medicine study conducted in casinos in Las Vegas, 74% of gamblers who suffered sudden cardiac arrest survived after getting defibrillated within 3 minutes. When American Airlines installed automated defibrillators aboard its aircraft, cardiac arrest survival rates rose to 40%. Other successful programs include the "First Responder Defibrillator Program," in Boston. Under this program, Boston Emergency Medical Services provides free CPR and AED training to any company that purchases a defibrillator. Since the program was launched, 5,000 people have been trained, AEDs have been placed in over 90 locations throughout the city, and the cardiac arrest survival rate has doubled. Bonne année Charles Brault __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com --- S.M.U Les messages de la liste sont limites a 15 Ko. Tout message transmis qui est plus gros que cette limite sera automatiquement efface.
