Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 6 (Reporter Xu Zhuang) In the face of cardiac arrest, is the AED (Automatic External Defibrillator) in public places really a "life-saving artifact"?
The reporter learned from the press conference held by the Red Cross Society of China on the 6th that up to now, the National Red Cross system has set up more than 11,000 AEDs in public places and used AEDs to rescue 67 cases, of which 35 cases were successfully rescued.
When answering questions from reporters, Sun Shuopeng, vice president of the Red Cross Society of China, said that the use of AED can effectively improve the success rate of rescue for patients with cardiac arrest.
However, in order to improve the ability of emergency response in public places, it is necessary to strengthen emergency response training.
"There is a'life-saving artifact', but also a'life-saving skill'. Improve the first aid awareness, first-aid knowledge and skills of the whole people, so that the public can use and dare to use AED, so as to maximize the efficiency of first-aid equipment." He said.
It is understood that, for this reason, the Chinese Red Cross will advocate the promotion of Red Cross ambulances with built-in AEDs and first aid kits in public places.
The all-in-one machine not only has first aid equipment, but also scrolls the first aid knowledge video.
At the same time, in venues equipped with an all-in-one machine, it is necessary to ensure that the staff around them have received first aid training to ensure that they can be rescued at any time.