aed cannot be used in water.
aed is an automated external defibrillator (AED), which is a portable medical device that can be used in snow or on wet surfaces, but cannot be used in water. If a patient is lying in water, lift the patient out and dry the chest before using the AED. use it to quickly dry excess water or sweat from the patient's chest before attaching and placing the electrode pads.
The AED, or automated external defibrillator, is a computerized device that recognizes the rhythm of the heart that needs an electric shock and administers the click. It is easy to operate and allows laymen and medical personnel to safely attempt defibrillation. It can also be found in train stations, airports, and subway stations in many cities today, and is prominently displayed with easy-to-understand operating procedures that can be correctly applied by anyone with a little training.
AED use precautions
1, pay attention to the operation specification
Because when the patient has a cardiac arrest, only four minutes of the rescue of the golden time, this time through the use of the AED, defibrillation of the patient as well as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, so in the moment of opening up the energy can be up to 200 joules, the moment the power is turned on, the energy can reach two hundred joules. At this time, in the moment of energization must pay attention to stay away from the patient, and the surrounding crowd can not approach the patient.
2, the position of the electrode sheet
Before putting on the electrode sheet, you should remove the patient's excessive chest hair, to ensure that the electrode sheet and the skin fit tightly. If the electrodes are reversed, it is not necessary to remove them and reapply them. Avoid placing electrode pads on the patient's implantable defibrillator, pacemaker, and medication patches.
3, rescue methods
In the process of patient rescue, do not frequently interrupt the pressure, AED after the arrival of the connection, and then operate in accordance with the voice prompts, every 2min AED will ask to stop the pressure to analyze the heart rhythm, if there is no voice prompts, be sure to keep the pressure until the arrival of professional ambulance personnel.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Automated External Defibrillator