CPR / AED Awareness Week
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Each year, about 310,000 coronary heart disease deaths occur out-of-hospital or in emergency departments in the United States. Of those deaths, about 166,200 are due to sudden cardiac arrest – nearly 450 per day.
- Sudden cardiac arrest can happen to anyone at any time. Many victims appear healthy with no known heart disease or other risk factors.
- Sudden cardiac arrest is not the same as a heart attack. Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when electrical impulses in the heart become rapid or chaotic, which causes the heart to suddenly stop beating. A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle is blocked. A heart attack may cause cardiac arrest.
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Less than one-third of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest victims receive bystander CPR.
- Effective bystander CPR, provided immediately after sudden cardiac arrest, can double or triple a victim’s chance of survival.
- The American Heart Association trains more than 10 million people in CPR annually, including health professionals and members of the general public.
- The most effective rate for chest compressions is 100 compressions per minute – the same rhythm as the beat of the BeeGee’s song, “Stayin’ Alive.”
Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)
- Unless CPR and defibrillation are provided within minutes of collapse, few attempts at resuscitation are successful.
- Even if CPR is performed, defibrillation with an AED is required to stop the abnormal rhythm and restore a normal heart rhythm.
- New technology has made AEDs simple and user-friendly. Clear audio and visual cues tell users what to do when using an AED and coach people through CPR. A shock is delivered only if the victim needs it.
- AEDs are now widely available in public places such as schools, airports and workplaces.
CPR/AED Awareness Survey
- Eighty-nine percent of respondents said they were willing and able to do something to help if they witnessed a medical emergency.
- Few Americans (12%-20%) are confident that they would know when it is appropriate to perform CPR or use an AED.
- At most, roughly four in ten are extremely or very likely to perform CPR on an adult (39%) or child (37%) they know personally.
- Less than 17 percent of Americans believe they are at risk for sudden cardiac arrest.
- The survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of the American Heart Association between January 8, 2008 and January 21, 2008 among 1,132 U.S. residents aged 18 and older.
Public Policy for CPR/AEDs
The American Heart Association supports state public policy initiatives that:
- Promote the access and use of AEDs and establish quality AED programs in high-risk locations
- Encourage bystander CPR and CPR training for professionals who may need to respond to medical emergencies
- Promote increased quality and appropriate use of 9-1-1 systems
- Extend Good Samaritan legal liability protection to all users of AEDs
The American Heart Association also supports increased funding for the Rural and Community Access to Emergency Devices Program, which gives communities funding to place automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in rural areas and trains lay rescuers and first responders to use AEDs.
Ch ch ch changes!
As of today you’ll find a number of changes happening here at Mathew Packer dot com.
The first thing you’ll notice is that I’m working on a new theme, and call me insane but I’m going to be working on it live! No one in their right mind would work on their website live while it was still getting hits, and normally I wouldn’t as I wouldn’t want to negatively effect the advertising click potential of the site, however I’m willing to work on it this was as I don’t care about the advertising clicks on here as I’m ditching the advertising!
So as you just read the second big change is getting rid of the advertising on this website. As of about 2 weeks ago my subscriber count has risen from 20 people per day up to 75 per day, this is a pretty huge increase but my click rate on the advertisements has not risen at all. This has lead me to the conclusion that people actually enjoy what I write enough to actually subscribe to the RSS so I figure I would do everyone a favour and serve the site sans advertising.
Over the Christmas period last year I was all about ‘making money online’. Pretty well every post was about some form of revenue generation and blah blah blah, it’s all a bunch of ‘me too’ content that was being said by every second blogger out there. Looking back now I can clearly see that I was just jumping aboard the copycat express with everyone other sucker out there.
A month or so ago I started supplementing my MMO articles with real life articles, the couple of recipes I’ve posted bring in more traffic than any other ‘insert big affiliate marketing website name here’ article that I was writing as has the Lite n Easy Diet progress articles that I’ve written. This is the direction I now want to take my blog in.
From here on out I’ll be writing various posts on things that are happening in my life, around home, around work, etc. I’ve got plenty going on with all the happenings at I’m With The Band, launching the new targeted pain relief device Pain Gone, getting my ‘how to start a business’ website together at A Business Is Born, the medical news website that I’m helping work out with Medical News, Stat! , and I’ve even had a few emails from people in the last week asking me if I could develop blog themes for their websites as they saw me advertising myself as Freelance Matt.
All these changes are effective immediately! As soon as I hit the ‘Publish’ button I’ll get started on the theme changes, it’s going to look a little different around here sometime in the next minute or so..
Oh and for those of you who are still interested in Making Money Online, and Making Money Blogging, I’ll still publish the odd article about how I’m doing this as I’m concentrating my advertising and what not on the other websites I own, I may even still publish income reports……
Cheers, Matt
Writers & Bloggers needed, Stat!
One of my sister websites, Medical News, Stat! urgently needs some new writers and has asked me to post this out on my blog here.
Medical News, Stat! is a new website aiming to provide information on the latest innovations in medicine and medical science as well as providing independent news and views on newly released medical products, consumer technologies, lifestyle products, financial products, and cool cars and boats (big boys toys.
What are we looking for?
We’re looking for articles on the following topics;
- new cars and car related products
- new boats and boat related products
- newly released tech (medical related)
- newly released consumer tech products (televisions, mobile phones, mp3 players, etc.)
- lifestyle articles (holidays, restaurants, etc.)
- financial articles (investing, superannuation, advice, etc.)
If you’re unsure about whether an article would be suitable for publication on Medical News, Stat! then feel free to pitch the article to us first for ‘pre-approval’.
What length should the articles be?
Ideally the articles will be around 500 or so words, you can include images with the article or we can source them ourselves. The article should not be published elsewhere, we’re looking for new and unique content. You may put a link back to your website in the byline, but try to leave it at that. We will be setting up an ‘authors’ page shortly with links back to each of our contributors websites.
How do I submit an article?
You can email articles to content@medicalnewsstat.com, we will acknowledge the receipt of the article and inform you whether we would like to use the article or not.
How much will I get paid?
For each article we will initially be paying a price of $50 AUD. We will raise that price as the traffic and revenue to the website increases. You will be paid via Paypal shortly after the article is published.
If you’re interested in getting involved and submitting content to Medical News, Stat! then you can reply directly to this blog post and I’ll pass the information on, or you can email mathew.packer@gmail.com, or reply directly to Medical News, Stat! at admin@medicalnewsstat.com.
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