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Heart attack victim 'saved' by defibrillator delivery drone*

John Riddoch

Re: Doctors...

I've done some training on AEDs as part of First Aid at Work training and I was shocked (pun intended) at how simple they are to use. I've not seen one with videos, but the diagrams on the pads make it easy to know where to put them and the device will tell you what to do.

Also, as far as CPR goes, if someone isn't breathing, you CANNOT make them worse by attempting CPR. At worst, their corpse might have a few broken ribs (common rule of thumb is "if you don't break a rib, you're not doing it hard enough), but they'd be dead anyway. At best, you'll keep their organs oxygenated long enough for medical attention. Bad CPR is better than no CPR.

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