Defibrillator at Fitness Center Saves a Man's Life
According to the Ottawa.ctv.ca the quick thinking of a personal trainer helped save a 57-year-old man who experienced a sudden cardiac arrest while working out at a Fitness Center.
A personal trainer saw the man collapse and went into action providing CPR followed up by using an automated external defibrillator. Once the pads have been placed on the patient the AED will automatically sense if a shock is required. The AED indicated such and the personal trainer pushed the Shock button and delivered two shocks and his heartbeat was beating again.
The patient was treated by paramedics and rushed to hospital where he was listed in critical condition Monday morning.
Paramedics credit the personal trainer and bystanders for doing an excellent job treating the patient.
The fitness center just installed defibrillators three months ago after several people had collapsed in its gyms. Now, the fitness center also offers its members training courses in CPR and how to use a defibrillator.
"Normally at a gym, people exert themselves to the limit and it seems like a logical place to have a defibrillator," said Tarek Rabie, a Goodlife Fitness member who is taking the course.
Your chances of surviving a cardiac arrest if you're treated with CPR alone are about 5 percent. However, when CPR is used in conjunction with a defibrillator your chances of survival increase to 70 percent.
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