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If I had my way, all schools should be equipped
with a defibrillator. Although sudden death in young people is
rare, it does occur and when it does occur, it destroys lives
and costs many, many life years. The terminal heart rhythm
disturbance in individuals who die is ventricular fibrillation.
There is only one treatment for ventricular fibrillation and
that is prompt defibrillation. So it makes sense that if a
school has a defibrillator, there is a chance that a life may be
saved.
However, there are logistical problems. There
are several questions, for example - who is going to learn how
to use the defibrillator, where will the defibrillator be kept,
how do we contact the individual that can use the defibrillator,
who will service the defibrillator? Once we have got all of
this in order or some sort of protocol that allows schools to
tick all the right boxes, then I do feel it’s important that
every school does have a defibrillator, in fact I’m pushing for
our children’s school to have a defibrillator of their own.
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