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SCD (sudden cardiac arrest) is a great example of when having a highly trained healthcare professional at the scene early can save lives. It's been well shown
by tpeck 11y ago
SCD (sudden cardiac arrest) is a great example of when having a highly trained healthcare professional at the scene early can save lives. It's been well shown that there's a 'bystander effect' when it comes to CPR, which can keep the brain oxygenated in SCD and keep people alive before the ambulance arrives. The bystander effect, is that CPR is often not done when it needs to be (even by those who have been trained in CPR) because they are fearful of doing something wrong. With a doc there immediately, we can encourage bystanders to do CPR immediately and again save lives not otherwise being saved.
- FireBeyond 11y ago"With a doc there immediately, we can encourage bystanders to do CPR immediately and again save lives not otherwise being saved." That definitely helps. But is not unique to Call9. Call 911 and you'll get dispatcher-assisted CPR. Counting compressions with you, talking you through the process.
- tpeck 11y agoThat is true. But there's a difference in being able to see the patient vs. having a bystander explain the situation verbally. There's no question that a dispatcher brings value to the CPR process - I think that we can bring more.
- FireBeyond 11y agoSCD is sudden cardiac death, not arrest - death as the result of 'loss of heart function'.
- tpeck 11y agoSorry - let me explain myself. The term SCD is often used as analogous to SCA (sudden cardiac arrest). In this context, SCA is a more proper term - good catch. The only difference between the two is that the SCA didn't get treated in time and so the patient expired.
- FireBeyond 11y agoI figured something along those lines, with "SCD (sudden cardiac arrest)" in your original comment. Always happy to clarify and get clarification!
- brandonb 11y agoFWIW, I work in a cardiology department and "Sudden Cardiac Death" and "Sudden Cardiac Arrest" are used interchangeably. You even hear the term "sudden cardiac death survivor": http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/25/8/623 http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/25/8/623