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Here's How to Use the Right AED Tool

AED (automated external defibrillator) is a medical device that can analyze heart rhythm automatically and provide electric shocks to restore heart rhythm if needed. This tool is used to help people who experience cardiac arrest. Most cases of cardiac arrest occur in people who have heart problems. People who experience cardiac arrest must immediately get help as soon as possible in order to be able to survive. Before medical help arrives, giving CPR assistance and using an AED device to people with cardiac arrest can save their lives. This tool is usually equipped with visual cues and voice cues to guide helpers in rescuing sufferers. Therefore, AED can be used by everyone despite having no medical background.

How to use the AED properly

The automatic and simple way AED works is expected to make it easier for anyone in the vicinity of a cardiac arrest patient to provide immediate assistance, while waiting for medical assistance. By knowing how to use AEDs at home or in public places where this tool is available, you can save someone's life. The following is a guide to using the correct AED:
  1. If you see someone who suddenly fainted or is unconscious, immediately call for medical help or an ambulance. After that, ask someone to look for the nearest AED device.
  2. Check whether the sufferer is completely unconscious. If the patient is an adult, try shaking his body or calling out loud. But if the sufferer is a small child, do not shake his body, but just pinched it. If the patient is aware or able to respond, do not use the AED.
  3. If the patient is unconscious, check his breathing and pulse. If the patient is not breathing and his pulse is not palpable, or palpable but irregular, do CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation). Chest compressions and artificial breathing via CPR can provide temporary oxygen to the patient while waiting for the AED.
  4. When the AED arrives, make sure the patient's body and surrounding conditions are completely dry. Remove clothes and other objects that are attached to the patient's body, such as patches or necklaces.
  5. After that, turn on the AED tool. The AED tool will provide guidance in the form of a voice about the step by step you have to do.
  6. There are two AED electrode plates that must be attached to the patient's chest according to the position shown in the picture on the AED. If this electrode plate cable has not been connected directly to the AED, connect it immediately.
  7. After the electrodes are attached, stop the CPR and press the "analysis" button. Make sure no one touches the patient's body while the AED analyzes its heart rate. This is to prevent AED analysis errors.
  8. After the analysis is complete, the AED will inform the helper whether the patient needs to be given an electric shock or not. If the AED says that the patient needs to be given an electric shock, make sure that there is no helper that touches the patient's body at all, then press the "shock" button on the AED to provide an electric shock.
  9. After giving an electric shock, the AED device will provide guidance to the helper to check the patient's breathing and pulse. If not yet returned, the AED will ask the rescuer to continue CPR. After two minutes, the AED will again analyze the patient's heart rate and determine if another electric shock is needed.
  10. If an electric shock is not needed but the patient has not shown any signs of awareness, continue to carry out CPR according to the AED's directions until medical assistance arrives.

Effectiveness of AEDs in Helping Patients with Cardiac Arrest

Research shows that the AED machine error rate in detecting and managing cardiac arrest is very small, which is only around 4%. Most errors occur due to negligence of people who use AED tools. An example is if an AED user accidentally ignores instructions for pressing the electric shock button, still performs chest compressions when the AED analyzes the heart rate, or incorrectly presses the AED button. But by knowing how to use the AED tool correctly, this error can be avoided. At present, the AED remains the easiest step to save the lives of people who experience cardiac arrest, before medical assistance arrives. With prompt and appropriate help, the chances of survival of a cardiac arrest patient can increase and possibly be helped. The chance for success of this help will be even higher if the AED and RJP are carried out as soon as possible. Conversely, the longer the patient is left without help, the less chance of survival from this dangerous condition. If you still have something to ask about the use of the AED, you can consult a doctor.

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