April 1 (Bloomberg) -- Access to an external defibrillator in the home didn't boost survival for people who suffered cardiac arrest, a study found.
Those who had the defibrillators in their home died from cardiac arrest, when the heart suddenly stops working, at the same rate as those who didn't, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's meeting in Chicago.
About three-quarters of sudden cardiac arrests occur in the home and survival is only about 2 percent, according to the study. The results of the trial provide researchers with insights into the challenges of at-home care for patients who survived a heart attack, but are at low risk for cardiac arrest, said Gust Bardy, lead author of the study and a doctor and founder of the Seattle Institute for Cardiac Research.
I've used one of these once on someone and I have to disagree that it was what saved the guys life besides me getting it off the wall and hooking it up.
I believe anyone that it saved will disagree as well which from what I hear are many more than it killed vs the heart failure killing them.
Sorry to say but
from the beginning (June 1960) till now
CPR in effectiveness
still can be compare...
to
'ritual ribs breaking' (med)
or
'take off shoe' (in some pure regions)
lot of hope and the same with tales