Each year, more than 250,000 Americans die from sudden cardiac arrest. Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of adult death in the U.S. The department of health in Pennsylvania states that Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Pennsylvania, resulting in 31 percent of all resident deaths in 2000. The patient needs to return to a normal rhythm. Every minute late of returning to a normal rhythm means a person’s chance of survival drops 10 percent.
How can technology saves patient’s life?
An AED is a device that analyzes the heart’s electrical rhythm and, if necessary, prompts you to deliver a shock to a person experiencing Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Thanks to technology now, AED device can increase survival rate to more than 90%, if it is available within 3 minutes of the place of incident, and if there is someone able to use it.
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