You can
make a difference!
Did you
know that?
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Over 700 lives are
lost every day to sudden cardiac arrest in the United States
alone.
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Two
out of every three sudden cardiac deaths occur before a victim
can reach a hospital.
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More
than 95 percent of these cardiac arrest victims will die, many
because of a lack of readily available life saving medical equipment.
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Once
a victim has suffered a cardiac arrest, every minute that passes
before returning the heart to a normal rhythm decreases the
chance of survival by 10 percent.
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Communities
that have implemented programs ensuring widespread public access
to defibrillators, combined with appropriate training, maintenance,
and coordination with local emergency medical systems, have
dramatically improved the survival rates from cardiac arrest.
(Findings made by Congress in the
Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of (November) 2000)
What
can you do?
 The
Emergency Medical Services Agency has
implemented an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Program in
50 County of Ventura facilities. AED Programs have the potential
to save up to 30 percent of cardiac arrest victims by providing
them immediate access to medical care, including CPR and early defibrillation,
crucial links in the American Heart Association's Chain of Survival.
There are two components to the County's AED Program:
AED Program in County Facilities and
encouraging
Public Access Defibrillation
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