AED AWARENESSBY: ALEX DISHMAN

WHAT IS CARDIAC ARREST? The heart stops pumping Blood doesn't flow around

the body and oxygen doesn't reach the brain and other organs

Before a person has a cardiac arrest, their heart beats abnormally

Sometimes they wont even know it will happen or that it is cardiac arrest

STATISTICS

Approximately 7,000 children suffer from Sudden Cardiac Arrest

- often these children suffer from it while at schools or on a playing field

- School-age athletes are particularly vulnerable.• 365,000 people die from it each year

POSSIBLE WAYS TO FIX IT

CPR AED

- best way

WHAT IS AN AED?

Automated External Defibrillator A portable electronic device that electrically stops the heart’s

arrhythmia causing the cardiac arrest It causes the heart to return to its normal rhythm

HOW TO WORK AN AED

Attach the pads where the machine shows you and press the button

It will not shock unless the person is in cardiac arrest Once the shock is administered, the person might begin

to breathe on his or her own or require CPR The machine will tell you what to do (pretty simple)

CPR ISNT ENOUGH TO GET THE PERSON OUT OF CARDIAC ARREST, USUALLY AN AED IS WHAT GETS THEM OUT OF IT.

CARDIAC SCIENCE AEDS FOR SCHOOLS: POWERHEART

Cardiac Science = best-known makers of AED defibrillators.

- best-selling AED model =Powerheart AED G3 Plus• Powerheart AEDs are dependable and easy-to-use Self-tests all main components daily to ensure

anytime functionality and the voice prompts/guides you through it while using it

Knows when to (and when not to) deliver the shock. Text screen lends extra help in noisy and chaotic

environments. Has a 7-year warranty and a 4-year full operational

battery replacement guarantee. Best way to protect lives Gives a school's trained responders the ability to save

a life without having to wait for emergency medical responders to arrive.

CLAIRE DUNLAP’S INCIDENT

April 15, 2009 Sophomore at

American Heritage Center Fielder After softball game at

West Boca Community High School

Perfectly fine all day and game

Sudden, didn’t know what was happening or that it was cardiac arrest

TRYING TO REVIVE CLAIRE Sarah Donner = athletic trainer, tried CPR, didn’t work Ricky Grau = firefighter there, and an AED was at the field, he

used it Tube down her throat, put in ambulance, taken to hospital Induced coma but stabilized Defibirilator put in chest She was going to be ok, unknown cause and arrythimia

CLAIRE DUNLAP THE MIRACLE She went back to school 3 weeks later She was able to play softball and volleyball junior and

senior years (with limitations) Graduated and wonsoftball states this past May Still has defibirlator in chest (kind of like a personal

AED. It sits in her chest above her left breast. If her heart has an arrhythmia that would cause her to fall into cardiac arrest, it will shock her and knock her out, preventing it)

Advocates AED awareness Attends UF studying Pre-Med to become Pediatric

Cardiologist

WHERE AEDS ARE REQUIRED

Public schools require them

- Lucky that Claire’s accident happened at West Boca b/c public and her home school (American Heritage) was private.• Private schools don’t require them

- Since it is so common for athletes, private schools not having them could be dangerous

- A lot have started adding them (usually see them anywhere there are sports even if not required)• College Campuses are pushing for them• Sports facilities around the country have added them• American Heritage added 3 AEDs since the accident and the

athletic trainer is required to carry one at all times

ADVOCATING AEDS

Strong Advocacy Sudden cardiac arrest can strike children of any fitness level

and that the only effective treatment for it is a shock from a portable defibrilator

If there wouldn’t have been one where Claire was she would have died

- Best way to save those who suffer from cardiac arrest Many states including New York, Illinois, and Pennsylvania are

now mandating the placement of AEDs throughout their schools

- AED legislation is pending in many other states. Cheaper than having an MD or EMT on campus

IN CLOSING

AEDs are only way to save a child in Cardiac Arrest Cost- effective Easy-to-use Proof they work: Claire Dunlap