Albion (Indiana) firefighters are testing a new device designed to assist them in performing life-saving CPR.
The Stryker CPR device is battery powered, and is designed to give high quality CPR with minimal interruptions--a major link in the chain of survival for the patient. Albion firefighters trained in using the device when it was delivered, and will be evaluating its usefulness in a three month trial.
In response to medical research, modern CPR is given at a much faster rate than when first developed, and as a result people giving it tend to get fatigued quickly. Since volunteer fire departments are increasingly having difficulty attracting members, there's a danger that not enough responders will be available when patients go into cardiac arrest.
The AFD worked directly with Stryker and its local representative, Meagan Beveridge, in obtaining the device.
I can see that coming in handy.
ReplyDeleteI did a first aid course early this month. CPR of course was part of that.
One thing everyone should agree on it that everyone should know CPR. Of course, the rest of that first aid information might come in handy, too--I did first aid on my wife just last night, after she took a fall at work.
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