Regarding the use of AED, a medical device that is indispensable for saving the life of a person whose heart has stopped due to myocardial infarction, for elementary school students, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications may not be effective enough for "pediatric" with a small amount of electric shock energy. If so, we are calling for the use of "adults".
AED is a life-saving medical device that gives an electric shock to the heart that has stopped due to myocardial infarction and restores its movement. It is used by attaching a pad to the body according to the sound from the device.
There are two types of pads, such as "for adults" and "for children" with reduced energy from electric shocks. "For children" is for children before entering elementary school, and for elementary school students, "for adults" Must be used.
However, last year, there was a case where a teacher was wondering which pad to use for an elementary school student who had a heart failure at an elementary school in Miyazaki prefecture. I am.
In response to this, in the resuscitation guidelines created by emergency and cardiac specialists, the pad notation has been changed to "for elementary school students to adults" and "for preschoolers", and manufacturers selling AEDs will also respond in sequence. increase.
In addition, many of the devices currently in use still have the notation so far, and the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is calling on elementary school students to use "adult" pads.