You should have an AED / CPR card so your knowledge of the AED use and performing CPR is at an adequate level. But, it isn't required.
Use both CPR and a defibrillator in a cardiac emergency.
The health care provider CPR card includes 2-rescuer CPR and use of the BVM which is not included in the community CPR.
Phillips manufactures the HeartStart defibrillator. This is defibrillator has voice technology to walk you through simple instructions on how to use in the event of a health emergency. It also helps you perform CPR and includes training videos as well.
Our online CPR Certification courses include the latest ECC 2010 Guidelines. You can learn CPR quickly and easily with AEDCPR's interactive online CPR certification class. AEDCPR's classes include video demonstrations of Adult CPR, Child CPR and Infant CPR. You can use our exclusive interactive online AED Demo to practice AED pad placement and use of an automatic external defibrillator.
Basic life support with standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) must be started within a few minutes,
"The answer is defibrillator." No, this is not correct. It is what they use in fiction, but a defibrillator is used to correct a malfunctioning heart that is not beating with a normal rhythm. It doesn't really work on a stopped heart. To restart a heart, the person is injected with atropine and adrenaline, and manual compressions (as in CPR) are applied. If this doesn't work then there is little else that can be done.
Hello, the American Heart Association teaches CPR classes at the Curtis Ambulance facility one evening a week and on Saturdays.
You need to use a CPR mask with a one way valve to protect yourself.
Take the defibrillator and start it to safe your health
Fairly likely you will come across a choking situation or someone needing CPR.
You have to have special pads
You can use a cardiac defibrillator to delivery electrical energy to a patients heart by the use of electrodes. This is commonly used on patients with cardiac dysrhythmias or ventricular fibrillation.