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'Shocking' advice.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
It was good to read of the success in resuscitating a cardiac arrest victim at the Medina Aquatic and Fitness Center ("Shock Therapy," May 2005). The outcome described was very encouraging. The International Life Saving (ILS) Medical Committee supports Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) use in the aquatic environment, when this is part of a thoughtful community response.
Your article on the value of AEDs raises some interesting points. There is a clear and demonstrated value in using the devices in many cases of sudden cardiac arrest, and it has been demonstrated that the more rapid the intervention, the better the patient's outcome.
For these reasons, making these devices available at public facilities, including aquatics facilities, has the potential to save lives. There is, however, some misunderstanding of the value of AEDs in drowning resuscitation. While people in or near the water may suffer from sudden cardiac arrest, resulting in heart rhythms which AEDs are designed to correct, the situation is less clear in drowning. Drowning is a process involving suffocation which progressively leads to cardiac arrest. It is not sudden cardiac arrest.
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Source: HighBeam Research, 'Shocking' advice.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)