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CPR

(2) The 'fibs & vibes" around AEDs (Automated External Defibrillator)

Marleen, October 30 2018

Paramedics will always be there before I need to use it! Sadly this is unlikely as our emergency services are hugely overstretched and it is highly unlikely they would ever be with you within 3 minutes. We give the average arrival time from an ambulance of 8 minutes, but this obviously depends on the location of the casualty, how busy the emergency...

CPR

(1) The 'fibs & vibes" around AEDs (Automated External Defibrillator)

Marleen, October 23 2018

The first successful use of defibrillation on a person was in 1947, by Dr. Claude Beck of Western Reserve University School of Medicine, in Cleveland. His experimental device required a large transformer and delivered AC current directly to the exposed heart of a 14-year old boy, who was undergoing surgery when he suffered cardiac arrest.