Automatic External Defibrillation

Automatic External Defibrillation · 25. November 2016

3 Things Easily Found On The Auburn University Campus To Save A Victim of Cardiac Arrest

Every 90 seconds another US citizen collapses suddenly from a disorganized heart rhythm. Such an occurrence is termed Sudden Cardiac Arrest and can be caused by a multitude of conditions. Sadly, due to lack of training and available equipment, the survival rate for these victims is 8 to 9 percent. Amazingly, however, the chances of survival for a friend or loved one in cardiac arrest can be as high as 75 to 80 percent with the right response and the right tools.

Keep Calm and Defibrillate

The reason your heart beats properly is due to a beautiful design and perfect timing. Imagine you could design a spark plug with a built in timer that emits an electrical spark at a set rate. Let's say this plug's timer is set for one second. So every second, this spark plug will emit a spark unless another plug nearby does so first. If a neighboring plug sparks first, the original spark plug will simply carry the electrical impulse to the next plug and restart it's own timer. We'll call the...

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