AED training now makes up part of the FAW qualification
Good - they mentioned it might come in when I last renewed. Unfortunately it's a year before I get that.
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Can anyone with medical knowlege tell me what was going on here..?
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Good - they mentioned it might come in when I last renewed. Unfortunately it's a year before I get that.Posted 2 years ago # -
The only thing that makes a difference to outcomes in serious collapses is how near are you to a defibrillator ( if thats what is needed) and oxygen
Precordial Thump
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qwerty - no longer taught. - or at least at my last update a few months ago.
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They were not really worried by the feint
So your wife was pretending?
Feint - something misleading; a dummy
Faint - passing out.HTH
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Precordial thump is only of use in a WITNESSED VT/VF arrest i.e. probably needs to be cardiac monitored in hospital....
Saying that, if i saw someone collapse and they were pulseless, I'd give 'em a whack!
DrP
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qwerty - no longer taught. - or at least at my last update a few months ago.
Not been taught for years IME.Posted 2 years ago # -
What is really interesting is doing CPR when a person/patient has full monitoring on.
It is quite informative to watch people slavishly adhere to the 'recommendations' of the day when you have an arterial blood pressure monitor, and can actually see what effect your attempts at chest compressions are having in terms of circulation...
Anyway, enough specialised chatter....
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Art lines tracings are cracking aren't they - you can really see how feeble a 5 foot girly HCAs chest compressions are at 60BPM compared to a strapping bloke at 100bpm!
DrP
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qwerty - no longer taught. - or at least at my last update a few months ago.
Not been taught for years IME.
mebbe - but in the given scenario of the OP its the only tool in your tool box, so are you really gonna deny someone in cardiac arrest their only potential chance of NSR - because its not been taught.
I know of several instances where its worked.
I can't see the coroner critisizing it.
Its referanceable:
http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=1543897116Posted 2 years ago #
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