ElevAED
03-29-2011, 01:09 PM
I'm an AED consultant with a focus on high-rise buildings, which I consider to be needlessly dangerous places to have a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).
Why are they dangerous? Because EMS can't reliably get there in time, what with city traffic, address confusion, entrance and elevator security, etc. I don't think that situation will ever change, because when a person is lying otherwise dead, patience isn't going to help.
So I separate EMS vehicular rescues from AED rescues, if and when the device is available in-house. There is every prospect then that a shock will be delivered in time.
So I'd like to see FF's adopt AEDs as part of their inspection routine, and I have proposed to the International Fire Code people that they include a provision for AEDs in every elevator lobby by 2013. See my website (elevaed.com) for the details - an alliance with FF's & the AED industry makes sense for me.
Do firefighters attending SCA's sometimes get the feeling that things could be done differently?
Why are they dangerous? Because EMS can't reliably get there in time, what with city traffic, address confusion, entrance and elevator security, etc. I don't think that situation will ever change, because when a person is lying otherwise dead, patience isn't going to help.
So I separate EMS vehicular rescues from AED rescues, if and when the device is available in-house. There is every prospect then that a shock will be delivered in time.
So I'd like to see FF's adopt AEDs as part of their inspection routine, and I have proposed to the International Fire Code people that they include a provision for AEDs in every elevator lobby by 2013. See my website (elevaed.com) for the details - an alliance with FF's & the AED industry makes sense for me.
Do firefighters attending SCA's sometimes get the feeling that things could be done differently?