The use of automated external defibrillators

Abstract

Jane Lambert explains the key things you need to know about resuscitating a patient using an automated external defibrillator

Defibrillation in the dental practice

“…Prompt defibrillation can achieve survival rates as high as 75%, 1 but the chances of successful defibrillation decline by 10% each minute it is delayed. 9,10 Although national standards stipulate that an ambulance reaches 75% of cardiac arrests within eight minutes, 11 this usually be too late unless both CPR and defibrillation have been performed. 12 …”