Defibrillator
External cardiac defibrillator for home, office, clinic, mobile and general public use. High resolution ECG display.
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is one of the leading causes of death, striking more than 340,000 victims each year. SCA can happen to anyone, any age, anytime, anywhere and sometimes in extreme conditions and remote places.
We can offer a variety of Automatic External Defibrillators from 7 different manufacturers
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Some AED Defibrillators incorporate a High Resolution ECG Screen Portable, lightweight, automatic external defibrillator (AED), with high resolution ECG display, that requires minimal device training to use and is an essential part of administering first aid immediately to a victim of sudden cardiac arrest. Minutes make the difference. |
AED Wall Signs: Should be placed in strategic locations with directional information and arrow. Mounted above a Wall Mount Bracket, or Cabinet, gives even greater visibility to the defibrillator when seconds count. |
Robust cabinet with alarm and strobe light. Protects the unit and discourages theft. |
Our Training Workshops and First Aid Training Kits and are
available along with the AED
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The AED portable defibrillator has come to be a trusted tool of professional and lay responders and designated response teams in the work place and public settings. Its clean, uncluttered design is optimized for fast, efficient operation and rapid delivery of life-saving therapy. Commands are clear, streamlined, confident, and concise: ideal for responders who are trained, drilled, and ready to save a life now. The AED defibrillator offers features, such as ECG display, that make hand-off to ALS professionals seamless for maximum continuity of care for the patient. The AED defibrillator can be configured to allow ALS responders to switch to a manual mode, giving them more decision-making control. And defibrillator pads adapters enable the pads to remain on the patient when transferring to many popular ALS manual defibrillators from Philips and other manufacturers. Notwithstanding its advanced capabilities, the AED defibrillator is extremely easy to use. Its design is based on years of research, and user testing with the full range of responders from healthcare professionals to lay people.
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Because of its ruggedness and ability to stand up to temperature extremes and wet conditions, the AED is the right choice for harsh, outdoor, or mobile use. It combines natural sounding voice instructions that are loud and clear, with text prompts on a large, bright back-lit display. This makes it ideal if you anticipate use in noisy or poorly lit settings. And at just 4.7 pounds (2.1 kg), it's incredibly small and light-weight so it won't weigh you down. Versatility |
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The AED is designed to be highly flexible and versatile. You can tailor your AED to match your specific response protocol. |
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Infant/Child Defibrillation The AEDc an treat patients of any age. When equipped with special infant/child defibrillator pads that reduce the energy of the AED's shock, you can safely treat a child or infant in cardiac arrest. |
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Conscious Monitoring The reusable 3-leadwire AED ECG assessment module enables the professional responder to proactively use the AED to assess the rhythm of patients who are not in cardiac arrest, but are conscious, breathing, and suspected of being at risk for cardiac distress. This small light-weight defibrillator/monitoring solution is ideal for in- and out-of-hospital patient transport, bike medics, situations requiring long or difficult travel, fire rigs that may be staffed on occasion by paramedics, inside aircraft, clinics and physicians offices. Ready to Use The AED is reliable and virtually maintenance-free. It automatically performs daily, weekly, and monthly self-tests of the battery, electrical components, and subsystems. A highly visible status indicator shows at a glance whether the AED is ready for use.
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Minimal Training Needed: It’s easy to see (and hear) what makes the AED unique. Because instant response is critical, the AED was designed so users could understand and use it with minimal training. The AED’s two defibrillation pads feature clear, concise illustrations for proper placement:
Rapid Response: Sudden cardiac arrest is the single leading cause of death worldwide. In America, less than one in twenty victims of sudden cardiac arrest survives for one primary reason: effective treatment doesn’t arrive in time. Dialing 9-1-1 is only part of the answer. With each precious minute that passes, survival rates decline 10%. The only effective remedy in the event of sudden cardiac arrest is defibrillation — delivering an electrical shock to the heart to get it functioning properly once again, and delivering this shock quickly. Yet hundreds of thousands still die of sudden cardiac arrest unnecessarily each year. Why? Because traditional defibrillators are too cumbersome, too complicated, and too costly. In a word, they’re inaccessible. AED utilizes highly accurate computerized technology to automatically assess if a shock is appropriate. Users don’t have to be trained in interpreting an electrocardiogram. AED activates the shock button only when a life-threatening heart rhythm is identified. This will allow you to make a difference and to save lives
Order the AED now for your home or work location to be prepared! The ECG screen on the AED unit is useful to monitor the ECG of aa conscious patient and to indicate the presence of a pulse or arrythmia such as Tachycardia, Atrial Fibrillation and is non-diagnostic for ischaemia.
Clever design, close attention to human safety issues, and a top man-machine interface make the AED portable home defibrillator one of the hottest medical electronics devices on the market. Although other companies make portable defibrillators (Agilent Technologies, Cardiac Science, Welch Allyn, HeartSine, Defibtech, Medtronic, and Zoll Medical, to name a few).
The AED is part of a new generation of automated external defibrillators, a class of life-saving devices made possible thanks to advances in medical electronics technology. These devices allow lay persons to intervene in instances of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), saving millions of lives.
Interest in portable AEDs is mounting, spurred on by government legislation and decreasing end-user costs. Two driving forces have been the Government's Cardiac Arrest Survival Act (CASA) for federal public buildings and the Rural Access to Emergency Devices Act (RAEDA), which enables rural communities to purchase AEDs and provides local community training.
But until now, three factors have limited widespread acceptance of AED in the consumer market: high cost, the general fear of hurting someone while using an AED, and a lack of public awareness and education about the functionality of AEDs. The AED has answered all three factors.
Over 6000 AEDs have been deployed in homes since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved it for over-the-counter sale last Sept. 16. That action follows the recommendations of the American Heart Association (AHA) and the FDA's System Devices Panel.
The most recent information shows more than 125,000 AEDs deployed, including homes. Other locales include airplanes, airports, stadiums, workplace offices, plants, shopping malls, schools, and casinos.
THE NEED FOR AN AED
According to the AHA, SCA is one of the leading causes of death in the
U.S., claiming more than 340,000 lives a year—more than breast cancer,
prostate cancer, AIDS, house fires, handguns, and traffic accidents
combined.
Studies also show that despite the widespread deployment of AEDs in public places, 70% of all cardiac arrests occur in the home, where an AED can potentially save thousands of lives. The same studies show that when an SCA occurs in a home, the event is witnessed in more than half the cases.
Digging into the numbers further,-another study shows that the longer it takes to treat SCA victims, the smaller the chances of survival. Every minute counts. Calling for emergency medical services or looking for the nearest PAD may take too much time to save a life. In fact, chances of survival in such cases, according to the AHA, drop to a dismal 7% to 10%. But according to the AHA, the quickness of home AEDs can save 40,000 lives.
The whole idea behind the AED was to give the victim enough time before calling emergency medical services. Shocking the heart back into action, on the spot, provides more time for other help to arrive to stabilize a patient and increases the victim's odds of survival.
1. National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics Report, Hyattsville, Maryland. Public Health Services, 2000; 48(11).
2. FEMA/United States Fire Administration. A Profile of Fire in the United States. Twelfth edition, 1989-1998.
3. American Heart Association. 2004 Heart and Stroke Statistical Update. Dallas, Texas: American Heart Association, 2004.
4. "Women Are Said to Face Hidden Heart Disease Risk" By DENISE GRADY Published: February 1, 2006 NY Times, at http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/01/health/01heart.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
To order or to arrange a lecture or demonstration,
For prices and demonstration contact: Biophysica, Toronto, Ont, Canada
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This page last updated on February 7, 2006