AED and being Wet
#1
Posted 14 February 2006 - 06:58 PM
If a diver is brought on to the dive boat and they are unconscious and not breathing
it would be safe to say that starting CPR would be the next logical thing to do.
What about using a AED on the diver.
could you imagine a dive boat with everyone dripping wet and the deck soaked from the water of
the dripping divers and then using a AED? is it possible that everyone one the boat could get and electrical charge? would it be just enough to dry the chest of the diver between the two paddles.
Finley and I didn't know the answer and Platypus said maybe gather all the dry towels and put under the victim first ?? sounds good.
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#2
Posted 14 February 2006 - 08:30 PM
Here is another reference -
Defibrillator Training
An excerpt:
It is safe to use AEDs in all weather conditions, including rain and snow. In wet weather, wipe the chest dry before placing electrodes. If the victim is lying in water, move him or her to a relatively dry area before attaching the AED.
Jacques Yves Cousteau
#3
Posted 14 February 2006 - 09:26 PM
But let us review dive emergency 101, if the diver is unconcious and not breathing where do we go? ABC's, airway, breathing, circulation. Check the airway for obstruction, check breathing (in this case the diver fails), circulation? do we get a pulse? if so Rescue Breathing, if not CPR, if the AED is available start CPR while it is being setup and applied, stop CPR only to let the AED calibrate and deliver the shock.
#4
Posted 14 February 2006 - 09:52 PM
Capn Jack would be correct in a AED, the machine will get confused by the wet conditions and probably not deliver the shock for safety.
But let us review dive emergency 101, if the diver is unconcious and not breathing where do we go? ABC's, airway, breathing, circulation. Check the airway for obstruction, check breathing (in this case the diver fails), circulation? do we get a pulse? if so Rescue Breathing, if not CPR, if the AED is available start CPR while it is being setup and applied, stop CPR only to let the AED calibrate and deliver the shock.
While the AED may not be effective in those conditions, since the main current will go essentially "paddle to paddle", I think if the patient is reasonably dry and everyone is "clear"... there's little risk to "innercent stand-byers". I'd make the area as dry as possible and move the person onto some "non-conductive" surface... get clear, and let'er rip! Oh... and pray!
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#5
Posted 14 February 2006 - 11:01 PM
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#6
Posted 15 February 2006 - 05:50 AM
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#7
Posted 15 February 2006 - 06:55 AM
By all that is wet, I do hereby swear, (politely), and attest, upon pain of never diving again, (real or imagined), that I understand and affirm, that I agree to the above.
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#8
Posted 15 February 2006 - 09:49 AM
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#9
Posted 15 February 2006 - 04:32 PM
Can we hear an Amen?as anyone who has ever been trained to use one knows, it is pretty much fool proof
If you see me go down, and you have no training, break open one of these boxes and strap it on me. I'll take my chances on you or the box screwing it up. They are just too good not to give it a try.
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#10
Posted 15 February 2006 - 05:04 PM
There is not a significant risk to the bystanders. The "shock" is absorbed by the patient so unless you are touching the patient you are all good. Even if you are touching the patient you are not going to die, just be knocked on your hiney! Like the other guys said being wet can disrupt the AED's effectiveness.
yeah...the picture directions even show you to clear others away...
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