AED

For those who have never used an AED, or are unfamiliar with it's simplicity, the idea of placing pad's on a victim and then sending an electrical shock can be a frightening thought. In this 38 second video, Bruce Blais will demonstrate how easy it really is to put the pad's on a victim suffering from sudden cardiac arrest.

Did you know most American's spend more than 1/2 of the time their awake at work? That's why it's important employers take extra precautions to create a safe workplace. With more than 50 percent of your day at work, often under stressful situations, don't you think it's wise to have an AED onsite. Read our full lenght article on the Importance of AED's in the Workforce.

Over 300,000 people die every year in the United States due to ventricular defibrillation, or better known as Sudden Cardiac Arrests.

One day you may have to participate in an event where a family member, or even complete stranger is having a medical emergency where they've stopped breathing. In this event, it's important to first check for vi sable signs to confirm the victim is experiencing sudden cardiac arrests. Signs of sudden cardiac arrest can be acute pain in the left arm, trouble breathing, sweating, dizziness, and vomiting. These can all be very scary to witness but one should be prepared to help the victim.

The first step, is to call 911. You should not leave the patient alone so you should call out for help or ask someone at the scene to call 911.

Secondly, you should begin CPR to keep the flow of blood circulating through the body and brain. CPR may not revive the patient but it will prevent brain damage and allow time for an AED to be connected to the patient.

The next step would be to connect an AED, or Automated External Defibrillator should be connected to the victim. The AED will monitor the victims condition and check for heart beat irregularities. If the victim's heart is beating properly than the AED will not shock the victim. However, if the heart is not beating, or beating in an irregular condition, the AED will instruct you to press the necessary buttons to administer a shock.

This is brief desorption of the steps one should perform when witnessing sudden cardiac arrests. Please see our AED Education Center at www.AEDLIFEPOWER.com to find the full article along with many other potentially life saving articles. The care giver should always be CPR and AED trained, and consulted the manufacturer's manual for detail instructions for proper usage of an AED.

AEDLifePower would like to congratulate Mike Shults, Tinkier Security Officer, for saving the life of a 62 year old women with his quick thinking, CPR, and use of an Automated External Defibrillator. While Mike administered CPR to the unconscious women an AED was rushed to the scene. Under Mike's supervision, the AED delivered a single shock to her heart while he continued to administer CPR. Mike along with the paramedics were able to regain normal normal heart rhythms after 26 minutes. Congratulations Mike.

The differences between a heart attack and sudden cardiac arrest are often confused. They both are related to a heart condition and both often result in death. It's no wonder so many of us confuse a heart attack and sudden cardiac arrests.

I have posted a detailed explaination of the diffences between a heart attack and sudden cardiac arrest on our website.

It's been 5 days since the untimely death of Michael Jackson and we still aren't sure why he died. There is still a lot of speculation to the true cause of his death. Was is stress? Perhaps prescription medication? We are still hearing speculation as to the true cause of death, but we are now starting to hear other details as to the treatment Jackson received.

Contradicting first reports, we are now being told that Michael Jackson's home was not equipped with a defibrillator. Initial reports indicated otherwise, but now we know for sure the pop-star's home did not have a automated external defibrillator.

According to Michael Jackson's personal doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, the home was not equipped with an AED. In addition, an anonymous spokesman close to Jackson stated ''If there had been a defibrillator there, it would have been used."

We'll never know if Michael Jackson's life couldn't have been saved that day if an AED was present. But according to American Heart Association, the odds of survival from cardiac arrest improve 49% with the use of a defibrillator.