In response to a series of cases in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture where AEDs deployed on ambulances transporting patients did not work, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has turned to ambulances so that appropriate emergency activities can be carried out at fire departments nationwide. We have issued a notice requesting thorough inspection and management of the deployed equipment.
On the 31st of last month, when an ambulance crew of the Tokyo Fire Department carried a man in his 70s, there was no battery that should have been attached to the AED attached to the ambulance.
The man was in cardiopulmonary arrest during transport, and although rescuers performed a cardiac massage, he was unable to perform an AED electric shock for approximately 12 minutes before arrival.
The ambulance crew did not report to the department in charge or call another ambulance crew, and the man died at the destination.
On the 4th of this month, an ambulance crew from the Narita City Fire Department in Chiba Prefecture was transporting a woman in her 70s, and the ambulance's AED battery was dead and could not be used. did.
According to the fire department, the AED is supposed to be inspected every morning, but it was not confirmed because there was another dispatch on the day.
In response to these situations, on the 9th, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications reconfirmed and thoroughly managed the inspection system of the equipment prepared for ambulances to the fire departments nationwide, and made an AED inspection plan on a regular basis. We issued a notice requesting that you always carry a spare battery with you.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications says, "We take it very seriously that we made a series of mistakes in a short period of time. We would like to work with fire departments nationwide to prevent this from happening in the future."