Dr. Steven Brooks | Only the lucky survive cardiac arrest | QHS | 5 à 7 Research Talks

“Only the lucky survive cardiac arrest”
This talk was sponsored by the William J. Henderson Foundation
Dr. Steven Brooks
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
As an ER physician and scientist, Dr. Steven Brooks knows that every second counts when trying to save someone’s life-especially during a cardiac event. His research examines what happens in an emergency before someone reaches the hospital, and how to improve the odds of survival so it’s not largely based on luck. In his talk, you’ll learn about new strategies and technology that can provide fast, ready access to life-saving resuscitation and defibrillation for everyone.

[@derekcooke8154]

Such an important initiative and an outstanding success story.

[@fychzroyeehpo6303]

Awesome initiative and close to heart as we experienced the same type of event with my husband and his survival is credited to our son who performed CPR while waiting for paramedics. We had success due to the quick reaction and response from paramedics.

[@ejcandrin]

Really informative presentation, Dr. Brooks. My parents live in Adolphustown, 26 km from the Napanee hospital. Recognizing this risk, I've spoken to them about getting a personal or neighbourhood AED for years. It is very reassuring to hear that there is progress in this area. I share your optimism that personal AEDs will be commonplace in the future, especially for people living rurally. I will reach out to those I know in the area for enrollment in the NsN program.

[@brendachartier1754]

brilliant!

[@lrm52283]

My husband is only alive bc of a neighborhood aed. Local volunteers were at our house within 10 mintues, the ambulance took 50 minutes. He went into cardiac arrest 3 times waiting on the ambulance. He's 46, fit, with normal bp and cholesterol.... no warning. We are trying to figure out how to pick and purchase an in home aed now. My biggest fear is that he'll go into cardiac arrest in the middle of the night while sleeping and i won't know

[@martinfagan8511]

At the moment we await published evidence that the CellAED is effective. The UKRC has advised caution. The claims for this are impressive but unless we see actual clinical evidence then it is just marketing hype.