High school AEDs can make a BIG difference!
An AED study published in the August 11, 2009 Circulation (a journal of the American Heart Association) found that at 1,710 U.S. high schools with AEDs on site, nearly two-thirds of cardiac arrest victims survived. That’s more than 12 times higher than the typical survival rate of only about 5 percent when cardiac arrest occurs outside of a hospital.
For perspective, lead researcher Dr. Jonathan A. Drezner says cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in young athletes. Of the 36 cardiac arrests in the high school study, 14 struck student athletes. Nine of them survived. Among the 22 adult occurrences, fourteen survived.
Dr. Drezner is an associate professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. “Placing AEDs in schools in schools is a strategic way to protect children, young athletes and adults from a catastrophic outcome if they suffer an unexpected cardiac arrest,” he told Reuters Health.
Drezner says schools need to train all staff in the signs of cardiac arrest and the location of the school AED, adding that all coaches and physical education teachers should know how to perform CPR and use the AED.
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