Are machines better than doctors at cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)? Dying to donate your organs, should you suffer a cardiac arrest? Read this first...
THEY ARE OUT! "AUTOPULSE" IS IN!
"An Australian man who was clinically dead for 40 minutes was brought back to life, thanks to a relatively new cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) procedure.
Colin Fiedler, a 39-year-old from Dandenong in Victoria, was
pronounced dead at The Alfred Hospital last June after suffering a heart
attack, according to Australian news outlet Herald Sun. Doctors were
able to revive him with the use of a mechanical CPR machine called the 'AutoPulse,' along with a portable heart-lung machine to keep blood and
oxygen flowing to his vital organs.
Fiedler is one of seven cardiac arrest patients in Australia treated with the technique and one of three revived after being declared dead for 40 to 60 minutes, the Herald Sun notes.
The AutoPulse
is a non-invasive, cardiac support pump that moves more blood
throughout the body than manual compressions, according to manufacturer
Zoll. It minimizes no-flow time and squeezes the entire chest as opposed
to single-spot CPR.
The AutoPulse was first commercialized in 2003. Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) have been discussing the usefulness of the CPR device for years, as well.
'It keeps chest pressure continuous and closer to therapeutic level,'
EMT Intermediate and Sandy, Ore., volunteer David Silvia told ProCPR
Blog back in 2009, 'which in turn helps us administer the drugs. And
there are no interruptions in CPR because you can shock, and give the
drugs while it is running.'
'This has changed the way we work a cardiac arrest incident,' added
Nathan Jaqua, an EMT Basic and student firefighter. 'We use the same
skills, but it changes the entire atmosphere.'
The U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) conducted a study on the effect of AutoPulse in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitations
in 2010. After examining the response of 29 patients, the NCBI
concluded that the AutoPulse caused a greater increase of diastolic
blood pressure, compared to manual chest compressions. The department
added that this device is 'promising' and could be beneficial as a care
strategy."
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/14/dead-for-40-minutes_n_3272438.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
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