The man represents the 16th person successfully resuscitated by the public safety department since it implemented its AED program in 1994. Now that the advent of technology allows smaller, less costly models, they've come up with a model for the public. Sunnyvale's department of public safety recently honored Schlesinger at the Jan. 30 city council meeting for his act of heroism. Because a victim of cardiac arrest has 10 percent less chance of survival with each minute that goes by, the defiberllator has become a crucial lifesaving device. And, placing no blame on the firefighters, the reality of this area is that emergency response time is usually going to be slower than that.
Defibrillation is the only way to solve cardiac arrest.
The technology wasn't there a few years ago. Now anyone can learn to do CPR and use an AED within four hours. Agilent couldn't have made the AED any simpler to use. After opening the device, the user only needs to follow three simple steps printed in large writing in plain view. The entire process involves applying two pads to the victim's chest and pressing two large, flashing buttons.