According to a staff member engaged in the sale of AEDs, the price of AEDs has dropped dramatically in recent years, and while it was about 40,000-50,000 yuan 10 years ago, you can now buy a decent device for as little as $20,000 or more. "The cheaper ones are even less than 10,000 dollars." The staff member said. In addition, the maintenance of the AED is not too expensive, "only need to spend a thousand dollars, regular replacement of electrode pads can be." The above staff said.
AED is short for automated external defibrillator, and with the assistance of AED, the success rate of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for patients with sudden cardiac death will increase exponentially. What's more, AEDs are easy to cut and easy to operate, and can be used proficiently with a little training. 2016, Yutang Plaza accepted a donation from the "Wake Up Call" fund and became the first shopping mall in Beijing to install an AED; in July this year, the Red Cross Society of the Dongcheng District held a kick-off ceremony for the donation of an AED in Wangfujing Department Store.
Behind the AED settlement, there will always be a patient on the edge of danger with life as a warning. A person in charge of Yutang Plaza said that there was a pregnant woman in the shopping mall restroom suddenly gave birth, but fortunately a guest is a doctor, immediately involved in the delivery, the child adults are not in danger. Because of this incident, when the "heart wake up" fund and Yutang Plaza to discuss the landing of AED equipment matters, the mall was very quick to agree.
Dongdan stadium in March this year, six doctors from the Union Hospital teamed up in Dongdan rescue, rushed to the arrival of first responders before the arena equipped with an AED successfully for the man CPR. Where are the AEDs in Beijing? According to reports, AED devices in Beijing are mostly located near airports. Yuan Li, deputy director of the Capital Airport Hospital, the capital airport **** equipped with 69 AEDs, of which 47 units in T3, 10 units in T1 and 12 units in T2. Three terminals *** equipped with 10 emergency room, travelers need emergency treatment, can turn to the medical staff.
However, the popularity of this equipment in China is still very low. According to incomplete statistics, cardiac arrest and respiratory arrest of sudden cardiac death, an average of up to 550,000 cases per year in China. Of these, nearly 90% occur in public **** area outside the hospital, of which the resuscitation success rate is less than 3% in large cities.
Such an important AED why has never been popularized?The lack of AED is essentially the backwardness of the first aid concept. Perennial first aid training work of the Beijing Emergency Medical Center, deputy chief physician Chen Zhi said that, in a sense, the AED is not only a first aid equipment, but also a new concept of first aid, in the promotion of the AED, to improve the resuscitation success rate of sudden death patients in the process of the need for the whole society *** with efforts to popularize the knowledge of first aid, first aid awareness, in the first place, to save themselves from each other.
Beijing Emergency Center attending physician Li Jianlian called for public **** places should be more installed first aid equipment and services. After the configuration of AED, the resuscitation success rate is very helpful. At the same time, the relevant education of the public, so that everyone on the disease, the awareness of sudden cardiac arrest, and even on the future management of chronic diseases, self-care are all immeasurable role.
Installation: the follow-up cost is high, the installation of AEDs, it is necessary to carry out relevant training. According to the relevant person in charge of Yutang, the mall has more than 20 security and operations staff received professional first aid skills training and AED training. Because in the process of sudden cardiac death patients rescue, light will use AED equipment is not enough, but also must master by manual operation of CPR skills.