aardvarkash10 426 Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 43 minutes ago, DrWatson said: I'm not allowed the sail unless I can categorise it as safety equipment... excellent exposure blanket. With reefing points. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BOIGuy 221 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 17 hours ago, DrWatson said: I'm actually interested in the CPR in community numbers. The last course I did spent a bit of time on the defib thing. A couple of points I picked up. You are something like 400 times more likely to need a defibrillator than a fire extinguisher, have a think about which one is mandatory in the workplace, or boat. Seconds count when it comes to resuss. Getting a defibrillator on someone as fast as possible should be pretty near the top of the priority list. Download the AED Locations app, there are a surprising number of them around. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 265 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 2 hours ago, BOIGuy said: You are something like 400 times more likely to need a defibrillator than a fire extinguisher, have a think about which one is mandatory in the workplace, or boat. Seconds count when it comes to resuss. Getting a defibrillator on someone as fast as possible should be pretty near the top of the priority list. Yeah they were also my take homes from the course, and the reason I'm looking into getting one. Didn't know about the App, great idea. Should be a part of any OS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 461 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 One thing made very clear in my 1st aid training was that it is extremly unlikely you will ever bring a non beating Heart back to beating by CPR. The only reason you do CPR is to maintain blood/oxygen flow. Hence why you never stop till a paramedic take over. The only way to restart a Heart is via a shock from a Defib unit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dagwood 42 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 10% reduction in the likelihood of a successful outcome for every minute it takes to get a defib on the casualty is one stat I've heard... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AJ Oliver 144 Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 California gets a bad rap - huge numbers of great people there . . https://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/san-francisco-sailors-conduct-ocean-rescue-new-zealand/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 28 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Father in-law had a heart attack at home, mother-in-law caught him as he collapsed, then performed CPR and phoned for ambulance, 15minutes later firetruck arrived followed by an ambulance, fire fighters took over doing CPR, ambos got a defib on him then off to hospital, we were told very small chance of him coming through it without brain damage. 5years on his jokes are as bad as they ever were. His wife knowing and performing CPR saved his life. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 885 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 I think my wife could do it, wonder if she would. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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