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Safety and Health Considerations
Published in Frank R. Spellman, Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater, 2017
The American Red Cross points out that typical first-aid and CPR training for the workplace has been enhanced to include training on the automated external defibrillator (AED): “Although the idea of using a handheld device to deliver a shock directly into a coworker’s heart may seem daunting, the American Red Cross hopes this life-saving practice becomes more common over the next year” (Orfinger, 2002). AED training focuses on typical AED equipment with hands-on simulation, lectures, and live and video demonstrations. Participants learn to Call and work with EMS.Care for conscious and unconscious choking victims.Perform rescue breathing and CPR.Use an AED safely on a victim of sudden cardiac arrest.
Personal Protective Equipment, First Aid, and Thermal Hazards
Published in Frank R. Spellman, Kathern Welsh, Safe Work Practices for Wastewater Treatment Plants, 2018
Frank R. Spellman, Kathern Welsh
Automated external defibrillator training introduces workers to typical AED equipment and provides hands-on simulation, lectures, and live as well as video demonstrations. Participants learn toCall and work with EMS.Care for conscious and unconscious choking victims.Perform rescue breathing and CPR.Use an AED safely on a victim of sudden cardiac arrest.
Simulating cardiac arrest events to evaluate novel emergency response systems
Published in IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, 2020
Greg Lancaster, Jeffrey Herrmann
In the past twenty years, the advent of the Automated External Defibrillator (AED) has enabled untrained lay users to provide defibrillation therapy, often well in advance of EMS arrival. AEDs have been placed in public locations, to be used by bystanders who witness a cardiac arrest. While AEDs have the promise of improved survival (Cram et al., 2003; Valenzuela et al., 2000), very few out-of-hospital cardiac arrests are treated with an AED (Agerskov et al., 2015; Deakin et al., 2014). This is due to both lack of awareness of the location of a nearby AED, or the fact that 70% of cardiac arrests occur in private residences, with no AED nearby (Abrams et al., 2013).