phillips home defib.

Ridryder911

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Most AED's are available without a prescription; however one cannot usually turn this in for insurance to pay for it.

R/r 911
 

Aidey

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Can he not get an internal defib?
 

BEorP

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Stick with CPR at home. It is more likely that the patient will be in a non-shockable rhythm at home than out in the public.
 

MMiz

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The product has been on the market for about two years now. They just came out with a study that found that purchase home AEDs had no improvement in survivability for most cardiac patients.
 

reaper

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The product has been on the market for about two years now. They just came out with a study that found that purchase home AEDs had no improvement in survivability for most cardiac patients.

I have to call BS on a study that states that! PAD's are proven to increase survivability rates. So how can an AED at your home not help improve it??

I don't see a lot of people running out and buying one. But, if you are high risk and have had multiple MI's already, then I would invest in one.

Why does EMD give CPR instruction over the phone? Early defib is proven to increase survivability.
 

medicdan

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Boston EMS reports amazing increase in survival and neuro status post field SCA when there was a PAD and layperson CPR-- the number of patients who leave the hospital with little or no neuro deficits jumps from 1% (with only fire/ems response) to 90-some-odd (very small sample), with witnessed and bystander CPR/AED. I dont know about homes, though.
Above comes from Dr. Peter Moyer of BostonEMS.
 

daedalus

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Stick with CPR at home. It is more likely that the patient will be in a non-shockable rhythm at home than out in the public.

Im going throw the flag out on that one.

I doubt it is more likely they will go into PEA or asystole vs. v tach or v fib. But even taking what you say is true, would it not be better to have the AED anyways, in the "unlikely" event they do go into a shockable rhythm? It can only help.
 
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