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Defibtech Lifeline View automated external defibrillator was recognized as one of 40 transformative design projectsof the year 2010 by I.D. Magazine (International Design Magazine). The editor in chief stated that this year’s list of transformative projects represent large or small projects striving for social change.
Defibtech CEO, Dr. Glenn Laub,M.D. stated that Defibtech was founded on the premise of low cost, high qualityand easy to use defibrillators for the general public.The Lifeline View was designed to make AEDs fool proof to use.
Defibtech Lifeline View is the only defibrillator with a full color, full motion interactive display that shows step by step videos for preparing the victim, performing CPR, rescue breathing and performing external defibrillation. Video and text prompts reinforce voice prompts giving 3 modes of instruction.
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The Zoll AED Plus defibrillator offers a special feature. It will not only delivers a shock to the victim when needed it will also give the user voice prompts going through all the steps of CPR and reinforce resuscitation proceedure. You will also receive feedback to help you perform more efficiently.
The audio and visual prompts provide confidence to the responder, clarity in performance, and certainty in your actions. The Zoll AED Plus defibrillator even has a metronome to aid in rhythm and rate of compressions. The display will alert you to the correct depth of compressions.
Most AEDs have 2 electrodes attached to pads which are placed separately on the victim and are attached to the defibrillator. Zoll AED has a special onepiece pad and electrode which fits over the apropriate areas making it simpler to attach to the defibrillator and the victim.
The defibrillator also has special pads for children under 8 years. With these child/infant pads the defibrillator will adjust itself to give a shock apropriate to the child. Simplicity and technology at its best.
The Pequannock Rotary Club presented Police Chief Tom Andrascik a defibrillator to help the community in sudden cardiac arrest events. They sponsor the Save-A-Life program which subsidizes money to purchase life saving equipment or othe needs of the community. The Lincoln Park Police Department reached out for assistance in purchasing a defibrillator to aid in public safety. The Rotary Club donated $1000 to them and the PD raised another $600 to purchase it. This partnership is a beautiful cooperation of 2 organizations blending to achieve a worth while goal together for their community.
The defibrillator is a major factor in saving lives for those in cardiac arrest. Some people get to have a second chance to reevaluate their goals in life.
Zoll Medical Corp donated a defibrillator to the Smith Junior High School in Mesa, Arizona. The staff and students were given training in CPR and on the Automated External Defibrillator in order to train family members in the event of a Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA).
Three other schools also receiving defibrillators are participating in the Department of Health Services,”Your Hands-Their Heart” program. The goal is proper performance of the proceedures and extending safety knowledge to others. The ripple effect should achieve basic lifesaving techniques in a large numer of potential first responders.
The Zoll Corporation is to be commended on its generosity and civic integrity.
The Idaho Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee approved a proposal that would protect AED owners from some liability, with the backing of the American Heart Association. The extra protection from lawsuits would change the law from simple negligence to gross negligence. This would make it harder to sue an individual or business if the AED used was faulty and the owner unaware of the malfunction.
The state feels that this would encourage more businesses to purchase AEDs,minimizing their possibility of a law suit. A controversy over the reason many businesses do not have them was initiated by a Trial Lawyer Association member, Barbara Jorden, who cited the average cost of a AED at $1200 and possibly cost-prohibitive for churches and some businesses.
Another representative from the Idaho Emergency Medical Services bureau stated that St. Luke’s Hospital had trouble giving the AEDs away due to legal concerns, it was fear of litigation.
Senator Les Bock felt that people would rely on a faulty defibrillator and lose time in initiating the Emergency Medical System. Checking a patients status takes seconds and a 911 call maybe a minute providing you are not in the wooods with no cell phone service. Sorry, Sen. Bock , I’m pro AED and if one is faulty we return to good old CPR which is still number one to try.
A 49 year old father of 2 from Georgia was playing basket ball with friends when he was stricken by a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). The game was being played at the Suwanee Sports Academy.
The Academy is not required to have a defibrillator at the facility but they did. It was a lucky break for Mike Lulko. Three of his teammates rushed to give him CPR and one shock of the defibrillator revived him. He awoke with no idea of what had happened.
He had 100% blockage on one side and 90% on the other,making him a candidate for quadruple bypass surgery. His father died of a heart attack when he was a teen, giving him a predisposition to heart problems.
This occurred a week before christmas and I can’t think of a better present for the family. Can you?
Aeds have been proving to us just how important they are at giving people a second chance at life. The interesting thing is that many people who have never used one before seem to be so good at it. Must be a breeze to use.
Zoll Medical Corp has gotten the approval of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)to begin marketing its E Series Monitor/Defibrillator with carbon monoxide monitoring. This innovation will detect carbon monoxide poisoning with the push of a button.
The E Series also has a see-through CPR filter, Real CPR Help for real-time feedback of chest compressions, and a 12-lead transmission.
Zoll Medical Corp, over a billion dollar business,makes devices and software used for cardiac pacing,defibrillation,circulation,ventilation,and fluid resuscitation. It markets its products to over 140 countries all over the world. Zoll AEDs are well known to medical facilities and rank high on quality. You couldn’t go wrong getting this product.
The pros and cons are 50- 50 on that question. Metra is the Metropolitan Rail System in Chicago,and they have come to the conclusion that defibrillators or AEDs are not necessary to their safety program. Conductors are taught to go to the nearest station for emergency help. They point out that the incidents of SCA, which they have had, has not caused anyone to become lifeless. Don’t they know that all it takes is one incident for someone to die?
Are we picking and choosing who can can survive?What if it was your family member? Mother, father, child,or grandparent? Are they to far over the age limit to be considered salvageable?
I’m a senior with reasonable mobility. I have a working brain that is a little forgetful but I believe myself to be capable and salvageable. I have worked with 100 year old patients,some more alert and definitely brighter than me and some totally incapable of making sense. My point is that they were alive and belonged to someone. What gives us the authority to take away their right to life? A miracle could happen. No more arthritis, alzheimers or other debilitating disease as a new drug to reverse all these conditions becomes discovered. Who knows? IT COULD happen! I believe we should all strive to do our best to help our fellow man.
I say Defibrillators are a necessary item for public transportation. I’m voting for the pros. What about you?
ICDs or implanted cardio-verter defibrillators are battery operated electrical impulse generator devices placed under the skin in patients at risk for a cardiac arrest. The devices are programmed to reverse atrial or ventricular tachycardia (irregular fast heartbeats caused by the venticles or atrium),performs biventricular pacing in patients with congestive heart failure, and bradycardia( slow heart beats).
The ICDs monitor the rhythm and rate of the heart and corrects it with a slight shock if necessary.It was developed in 1980 by a 3 man team. Michael Mirowski,Morton Mower, and William Staewen at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. In 1985 the Icd was considered the prophylactic therapy for those at risk for a cardiac event.
Patients with them may do their normal activities with a slight adjustment for taking care not to be too vigorous with their arm or shoulder.Cell phones should be kept 6″ away from the implant site of an ICD.
Elderly patients who are DNR (do no resuscitate)candidates can get their ICDs turned off to give them a peaceful passing. Monitoring the ICD would be done periodically to assess the function of the device.
Defibtech was founded by Dr. Laub and a fellow Yale graduate, President Gintaras Vaisnys in 2002 with seed money from private investors. Their corporate structure merges innovation with efficiency.
When Defibtech was introduced it revolutionized the AED marketplace. The device had many features better than other AEDs and sold for half the cost. At that time AEDs were selling for $3,000-$4,000 and Defibtech was selling for $1,500.
They market their product through distribution partners and have reached Number 1 ranking in the Connecticut Technology Fast 50.To become elegible for that honor they had to qualify with an operating revenue of $50,000 in 2002 and $5,000,000 in 2006.Their headquarters had to be located in North America and be a company that owned propietary technology or intellectual property that contributed significantly to the companies’ revenues or spent a large portion of revenues on research and technology.
Their mission is to make the best Automated external defibrillators in the world at affordable prices.
To advance that fast in so little time I’d say they’re amazing.Wouldn’t you?