WTC Welcomes AED
Have you noticed the sign on the outside door of the “refrigerator room?” It’s the Automated External Defibrillator (AED) sign, and inside the room is a white cabinet with a Heart Sine Samaritan PAD 450P AED inside. The device is the most portable AED on the market, lightweight, compact, easy-to-use and specifically designed with public access in mind. Check out the 3-image slideshow to see where it is located at WTC:
From the manufacturer:
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) are key links in the chain of survival of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Some cardiac events are treatable with effective CPR alone. Others require a combination of effective CPR and the delivery a lifesaving shock by an AED. Either way, every minute counts. Typically, only about five percent of SCA victims survive. However, survival rates can increase up to 74% if CPR and a shock from an AED are provided within three minutes of collapse. Reducing response time by even one or two minutes from collapse to shock can mean the difference between death and survival.
More than a simple AED, the HeartSine samaritan PAD 450P (SAM 450P) Automated External Defibrillator (AED) with integrated CPR Rate Advisor meets the needs of two key links in the chain of survival. Not only can the semi-automatic SAM 450P deliver a lifesaving shock, it provides real-time visual and verbal feedback to the rescuer on the rate of CPR compressions during an SCA resuscitation — effectively assisting the rescuer to perform CPR.
The Samaritan 450P measures a person’s impedance (body type) while analyzing heart rhythm in order to customize a shock for the person, escalating when necessary with a maximum joule output of 200. The device features Real-Time CPR Feedback, visual (diagramed pictures with flashing lights) and verbal prompts plus a CPR metronome, all of which guide the rescuer through the lifesaving process.
The WTC board encourages everyone to familiarize themselves with the AED device and, better yet, to view a short video (below) showing you how easy it is to use the Sine Samaritan PAD 450. The life saved by the device could be someone you know and love.
