Sentences with phrase «of defibrillators»

This course teaches basic First Aid, CPR and the use of defibrillators for patient resuscitation.

The EMTs rush in and outfit her in what looks like a bathing cap encrusted with electronic bling — a kind of defibrillator designed to deliver electrical stimulation to her brain.

The parents of a Staten Island high school football player who collapsed and died during a 2014 preseason workout reportedly have filed a lawsuit blaming the tragedy on the lack of a defibrillator at the scene.

For advanced cases of heart failure, patients are sometimes treated with surgical procedures, including heart transplants or the implantation of a defibrillator or an artificial pump called a left ventricular assist device (LVAD).

According to the Food and Drug Administration, Medtronic has recalled about 43,000 of its defibrillators due to a potential battery problem, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.

The manufacturer of the medical device has discovered a flaw in the design of the defibrillator which can lead to the inability to resuscitate an individual in need.

At the end of the day, the vast majority of defibrillator clients we run into qualify for a level death benefit.

• Managed the calibration of defibrillators, electrosurgical units, and blood - pressure transducers.

Survival and outcome greatly depend on immediate response with early call for help, bystander resuscitation attempt and fast use of defibrillators.

Public and private partnerships are encouraged to cover the cost associated with the purchase and placement of the defibrillator and training in the use of the defibrillator.

Although only a minority of out of hospital cardiac arrests occur in locations where use of a defibrillator would help save a life AEDs are often poorly accessible or have limited availability; often their location is not known to even emergency services or those running training schemes.

He recommends that paramedics focus on early use of defibrillators and effective CPR instead.

Even small currents can cause irregular heartbeats that can't be stopped without the use of a defibrillator.

The defects of some of the defibrillators resulted in death when the medical device failed to perform.

Over 12,000 of the defibrillators have been recalled due to the defect in design.