Thread: AED’s becoming very affordable

Just like car jump start packs can now fit in your hand.....AED’s will soon be the size of a mobile phone and only cost 150 bucks

I’ll certainly buy one at that price...the one we carry around in the work truck was around $2500 when purchased

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I assume they are waiting for approvals from medical fields around the world.

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

Medical technology is certainly coming along, for instance I noticed in the aftermath of that French bakery gas blast, that one of the survivors had a arc on the stretcher above him with a piston type arrangement applying compressions to his chest (mechanical CPR).

There have been several different types of mechanical CPR device in use for a few years. Every MICA ambulance in Vic carries one; there are a couple of different types in use in the country but the one we use in Melbourne operates as you describe. A large study a couple of years ago showed that they had similar effectiveness to manual CPR but with a slightly higher incidence of chest trauma, thus they're not currently routinely used except in the uncommon circumstance where it's appropriate to transport a patient with CPR ongoing. Unfortunate, as they don't get fatigued and they don't take up any space when in use. I'm not aware of a combination mCPR / ventilator, mechanical ventilation is generally not used in conjunction with CPR.