A video was filmed in Tokyo calling on people with physical disabilities to participate in life-saving measures, such as using an AED if a person falls in front of them.
This event was planned by a non-profit organization that promotes the use of AEDs, and people with disabilities were asked to actually experience the flow of life-saving treatment and filmed the process.
The shoot, which took place at a studio in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, was attended by Rao Takeda, a third-year university student who lives in a wheelchair after being crippled by a snowboarding accident.
Mr. Takeda had learned how to use an AED before, but this was his first attempt after becoming lame, and he filmed three scenes: ▽ Getting
an AED, ▽ Calling 119 on a mobile phone,
▽ Getting out of the wheelchair on his own, doing chest compressions, and
then using the AED.
Ms. Takeda said, "Since I became disabled, I have been helped more and more by those around me, and I have become a protector, but I realized that there are many things that can be done when people fall, and it was a valuable experience."
Keiko Ogasawara, a former professional boxer with hearing impairments, also participated in the event, and filmed the movements of people who found them lying down, called people with gestures, and asked them to call 3.
Dr. Yosuke Honma, president of the Chiba Lifesaving and AED Promotion Study Group, which organized the event, said, "If you have a disability, it will be difficult, and we tend to build a wall, but we have learned that it can be done with ingenuity.
The video, which includes narration and sign language interpretation, is scheduled to be completed in March next year, and will be released on the Internet free of charge and will be used in workshops.