Sentences with phrase «use automated external defibrillators»

During those years, North Carolina had a campaign to encourage bystanders to perform chest compressions without having to do mouth - to - mouth resuscitation or use automated external defibrillators while waiting for an ambulance.

The four - year time frame coincided with a North Carolina campaign to encourage bystanders to perform chest - compression CPR — no need for mouth - to - mouth resuscitation — and to use an automated external defibrillator while awaiting an ambulance.

Effective treatment for cardiac arrest demands an immediate response from an individual to recognize cardiac arrest, call 911, start CPR, and use an automated external defibrillator (AED), the committee said.

People are also more likely to survive if a bystander starts CPR or uses an automated external defibrillator, the heart - shocking devices available in malls, airports, and other locations.

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The use of drones for health care purposes — for instance, potentially delivering automated external defibrillators to the site of a heart attack patient.

These particular drones would theoretically be equipped with automated external defibrillators (AEDs)-- the devices that can shock a heart under cardiac arrest back into its original rhythm, with clear instructions to bystanders near the patient for how to use them.

If a board or authority requires the placement of an automated external defibrillator as provided in this section, the it also shall require that a sufficient number of the staff persons assigned to each school under the control of the board or authority complete an appropriate training course in the use of the AED as described.

It also provides for immunity from civil liability for the use of an automated external defibrillator unless the person was grossly negligent in the use.

SB 606, cosponsored by Senators Dinniman (D — Chester) and Rafferty (R — Montgomery), would help to ensure that every public school in Pennsylvania has an automated external defibrillator (AED) that is up to date and ready to use.

Statewide efforts to equip family members and the general public with the know - how and skills to use cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in the home or in public coincide with improved survival and reduced brain injury in people with sudden cardiac arrest.

Some of these deaths could be prevented through the timely use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).

Facilities must have better record keeping, have pre-activity health screening procedures, have at least one accessible and functional automated external defibrillator on site and staff trained in their use.

Drones can be activated by a dispatcher and sent to an address provided by a 911 caller and may carry an automated external defibrillator (AED) to the location so that a bystander can use it.

The researchers» study suggests that many members of the public don't know what an automated external defibrillator (AED) is, where to find one and how to use one.

Nothing in this paragraph relating to required instruction in hands - only cardiopulmonary resuscitation and instruction in the use of an automated external defibrillator shall require a licensed teacher to possess certification for such instruction that does not result in certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation or certification in the operation of an automated external defibrillator and in its instruction.

San Francisco Labor & Employment partner Jeff Tanenbaum and associate Traci Bernard - Marks authored this column discussing why it may be prudent for employers to still generally make use of automated external defibrillators voluntary and not part of an employee's job duties.

To monitor nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia, a dental assistant must: (1) Complete a course of training of no less than two days as described in the American Dental Association's «Guidelines for Teaching and Comprehensive Control of Pain and Anxiety in Dentistry» or equivalent, AND (2) Be certified in an American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or equivalent agency sponsored CPR course at the basic life support level, to include one man CPR, two man CPR, infant resuscitation, obstructed airway, and use of either an Automated External Defibrillator or a defibrillator and electrocardiograph, with a periodic update not to exceDefibrillator or a defibrillator and electrocardiograph, with a periodic update not to excedefibrillator and electrocardiograph, with a periodic update not to exceed two years.

In fact, in module 6 of the program, students will be taught Basic Life Support to include CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) and the proper use of an AED (Automated External Defibrillator).

Wells Real Estate Funds, based in Norcross, Ga., has announced a program to install automated external defibrillators for tenant use at its properties nationwide.