CPR Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation
You will have seen it on all the hospital and casualty TV programmes
FACT
CPR can be delivered by any able bodied person with some basic first aid training, when a person suffers from a heart attack or stops breathing CPR [pressing on the chest directly over the Heart for 30 compressions] combined with blowing air into the casualties lungs will keep the person alive and prevent brain death and pushes oxygenated blood around the body and most importantly the brain.
FACT
If the brain does not receive oxygenated blood within 3 minutes the casualty can suffer brain damage and worse brain death. CPR can prevent this from happening and can bring the casualty back to life or keep the patient alive at least until the Emergency Services or Para Medics can arrive on the scene.
FACT
Not all heart attack victims require electric shock treatment, in fact only 50% of the time an electric shock is necessary to ‘shock’ the heart back into a rhythm of beating. Effective CPR is equally important and a combination of effective CPR with Electric shock treatment is the best combination.
FACT
The Resuscitation Council (UK) and the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) as well as the American Heart Association (AHA) emphasise the importance of good quality CPR as being vital to the successful outcome of an attempt to resuscitate a victim of sudden cardiac arrest. It is also understood that the delivery of good quality CPR is particularly difficult to perform consistently over a prolonged period of time. In most emergencies, the quality of CPR provided by the rescuer can make the difference between life and death.
What if you knew real-time how well you are performing CPR?
What if a defibrillator could tell you that you are doing good chest compressions?
What if you could capture all that data for CPR review, training and analysis?
Can all this be possible? With The ZOLL AED Plus® and AED Pro® the answer is yes.
FACT
ZOLL was the first to introduce technology to help improve CPR performance in 2002. ZOLL calls this technology Real CPR Help®, which is a standard feature on all of ZOLL’s defibrillators. This gives the rescuer the best real-time feedback to optimise the patient’s opportunity for a return to spontaneous circulation.
With ZOLL AEDs, Real CPR Help is constantly looking at your delivery of chest compressions and will assist all rescuers with the following feedback and prompting for help in providing effective manual CPR.
Audio/Message Prompting
Voice and message prompting helps the rescuer achieve optimal CPR compressions. Feedbacks such as “PUSH HARDER” helps accomplish quality compressions quickly, resulting in a reinforcing message, “GOOD COMPRESSIONS”. To minimise CPR idle time, “CONTINUE CPR” is another important reminder.
Compression Depth Indicator
Consistently achieve the depth of cardiac compression according to the ERC / UKRC/ AHA recommended depth of 1.5 to 2 inches.
Compression Rate Indicator
Easily achieve the compression rate of 100 compressions per minute through a beep that is easy to follow.
“Victims of cardiac arrest need immediate CPR. CPR provides a small but critical amount of blood flow to the heart and brain.”
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About Zoll
With more than 20 years of experience in defibrillation, ZOLL is a pioneer in resuscitation solutions.
ZOLL develops technologies to help advance the practice of resuscitation. With
products for pacing, defibrillation, circulation, ventilation, data management, and fluid resuscitation, ZOLL provides a comprehensive set of technologies that can help clinicians, EMS professionals, and infrequent rescuers resuscitate
sudden cardiac arrest and trauma victims.
