Cool Life Saving Devices of the Future
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Gabriel H. is not a health care expert but she has worked in the industry for over 20 years. Gabriel also freelance writes on the side covering advancements in health care technology as well as topics related to her favorite hobby, shopping. Gabriel has written posts for several large websites including Savoo.co.uk. Find her work online.
The current world is blessed with cool medically advanced devices that will make-work easier for doctors in the future and also save lives. One life saving device that is still being incorporated in many hospitals is the Lifebelt CPR. This is an automated device that has been designed to perform CPR and make it easier for the nurses or doctors in the process. The traditional CPR where doctors or rescuers use only hands and takes about ten minutes for that basic chest compressing CPR emergency response in case a patient has a cardiac arrest. The device is lightweight and compact and it is to be attached on top of a person who has just suffered a cardiac arrest. The process will be very simple and quick and it can you can begin CPR in fifteen seconds after attaching the device to the patient. Lifebelt CPR has an intuitive audio that warns a rescuer when his compressions are too shallow or too deep. This will give rescuers confidence while compressing and increase the chances of a resuscitation. It will also cause less fatigue in relation to compressing because the device will have advised the rescuer how to press and he can never go wrong while saving lives.
Another device that is still new to doctors is the Ventricular Assist Device (VAD), which is meant to help heart patients live a longer and normal life before they get a heart transplant. This device will help those heart patients who have had a long and hopeless struggle with heart failure because their hearts are too weak to pump oxygen and blood around the body. VAD implants pump the blood and oxygen from the heart and also towards the heart. It is also called Heartmate 2 and this technology has only been performed in a few test subjects who are now living happily. A person who has this Heartmate 2 implant does not feel weak or fall into cardiac arrest because the device is designed to help the heart in its daily routines. This technology will be used in future for older patients who have heart failure and also people who are born with a heart condition.
Automated External Defibrillator is a device that will be used to save lives in case a person goes into cardiac arrest for whatever reason. This device can be bought and used by anybody who is in an emergency scene. It is portable and easy to use because it has been designed to automatically to first analyze a person’s heart rhythm. If he is on the ground, the device is placed on top of his chest and a voice prompt advises a rescuer to shock the heart by pressing a button. This is the best device that will shock a person’s heart into the normal rhythm when he has suffered a cardiac arrest due to external shock or a his heart failure condition. It will be simple to use because it automatically detects a rhythm that can be shocked and requests a rescuer to press a button. This can be done at home, in the office or even while a person is in vacation with family and friends.