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To: Figment

The defib is only used on a specific type of heart problem....sometimes if there is no bleeding to stop, you and the person are better off doing nothing.


20 posted on 11/26/2011 3:15:36 PM PST by goat granny
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To: goat granny

The defib is only used on a specific type of heart problem..

A stopped heart. CPR will not restart a heart, it only acts to circulate blood. When taking Red Cross training at work we were informed where the defibs were located at several public places in town.We weren’t instructed in any way how to use them. I personally wouldn’t touch one . Chest compressions are the limit of mine and most others training. Everything else in that class ,I learned more about in the Boy Scouts


24 posted on 11/26/2011 4:01:40 PM PST by Figment
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To: goat granny

Wrong, modern defibs are automatic administering shock as needed.


29 posted on 11/26/2011 4:27:54 PM PST by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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