4 Your Health: The importance of AED access
New report from Pittsburgh's Action News 4 anchor Michelle Wright
4 Your Health: The importance of AED access
New report from Pittsburgh's Action News 4 anchor Michelle Wright
4 YOUR HEALTH THIS AFTERNOON, AND THE PUSH TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THEIR ACCESS TO A LIFE-SAVING DEVICE. KELLY: A LOCAL MOM IS SHARING HER GRATITUDE TO LOCAL EMERGENCY WORKERS, WHO SAVED THE LIFE OF HER 21-YEAR-OLD SON. PATRICIA WEALES’ SON, DONTAE, WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK AT THEIR HOME LAST YEAR IN ADAMS COUNTY. HER HUSBAND CALLED 911, AND THEY STARTED CPR. WITHIN MINUTES, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP AND USED AN AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR, OR AN AED, TO SHOCK HIS HEART BACK TO LIFE. >> THAT -- KIND OF, I LEFT MY SON IN THEIR HANDS, AND THE NEXT LINK OF CHAIN AND SURVIVAL TAKE OVER. I FOUND THAT DANTE HAD HAD THAT THEY HAD. AND THEY PROCEEDED TO GO TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM, TO BE LIFE FLIGHTED TO PITTSBURGH. >> SO IF YOU USE THE AED, YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO TURN IT OFF, IT SEEMS SIMPLE, BUT THERE ARE SAFETY FEATURES BUILT INTO THE AED SO IT IS NOT TURNED OFF ACCIDENTALLY DURING THE EVENT. SO YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHERE THE ON-AND-OFF BUTTON IS AND YOU HAVE TO HOLD IT DOWN FOR FIVE SECONDS, AND THAT WILL TURN IT OFF AND RESET IT. KELLY: OFFICIALS WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING AEDS IN AS MANY PUBLIC PLACES AS POSSIBLE AND WANTS EVERYONE TO LEARN HOW TO USE IT. IF YOU CALL 911, OPERATORS SHOULD KNOW WHERE THE CLOSEST AED IS TO YOUR LOCATION. AS LONG AS THE DEVICE IS REGISTERED. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO UPDATE THE STORY AND SAY THAT PATRICIA’S SON, DONTE, WALKED OUT OF THE HOSPITAL FIVE DAYS LATER AND IS DOING WELL
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4 Your Health: The importance of AED access
New report from Pittsburgh's Action News 4 anchor Michelle Wright
In the video above, Pittsburgh's Action News 4 anchor Michelle Wright has a new 4 Your Health report, showing why access to AEDs is so important.
PITTSBURGH —
In the video above, Pittsburgh's Action News 4 anchor Michelle Wright has a new 4 Your Health report, showing why access to AEDs is so important.
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