Defibrillators don’t restart the heart, that’s a common misconception. They effectively shock-reset it so that it can resume its normal beating rhythm.
You are correct, it was a lazy-ish shortcut on my part.
The sooner a defibrillator can be used to induce the hearts electrical rhythm to resume ordered behavior and allow meaningful contractions to pump blood, the better.
Even more succinctly: YELL 911 AED CPR GOGOGO
The AED can only reset electric rythyms. Not every source of not having a pulse is due to chaotic electrical rhythm, not every electrical issue has a lack of pulse. “Stopped” and “restart” are ambiguous. I would generally forgive the usage of “not working” and “make start working” from anyone less trained than an EMT.
One thing I like about modern phones is that you can get to the emergency number from the lock screen or by hitting the power button a bunch quickly (depending on phone and settings), so it’s easy for an individual to get a 911 call going and on speakerphone without delaying anything else.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defibrillation
Defibrillators don’t restart the heart, that’s a common misconception. They effectively shock-reset it so that it can resume its normal beating rhythm.
You are correct, it was a lazy-ish shortcut on my part.
The sooner a defibrillator can be used to induce the hearts electrical rhythm to resume ordered behavior and allow meaningful contractions to pump blood, the better.
Even more succinctly: YELL 911 AED CPR GOGOGO
The AED can only reset electric rythyms. Not every source of not having a pulse is due to chaotic electrical rhythm, not every electrical issue has a lack of pulse. “Stopped” and “restart” are ambiguous. I would generally forgive the usage of “not working” and “make start working” from anyone less trained than an EMT.
Point at someone, name them by clothing, and tell them forcibly to call 911
Too many times people think someone else is calling 911
One thing I like about modern phones is that you can get to the emergency number from the lock screen or by hitting the power button a bunch quickly (depending on phone and settings), so it’s easy for an individual to get a 911 call going and on speakerphone without delaying anything else.