VF treated with CPR/AED

Ventricular Fibrillation which occurs in the out-of-hospital setting should be treated with CPR and an AED. Effective CPR and early defibrillation are the ey to positive outco!es for the unresponsive patient who is in ventricular fibrillation. "his AC#$ scenario will usually involve one or two rescuers in an out-of-hospital setting. %deal e&uip!ent would be an AED and a poc et !as . Rapid assess!ent and treat!ent using the CA' se&uence of '#$ should be perfor!ed as the first intervention. CPR CPR will be initiated if the patient does not have a palpable pulse or if it is undeter!ined if the patient has a pulse. Delaying CPR reduces the chances of a successful resuscitation thus( it is better to give unnecessary CPR than to delay CPR in &uestionable cases. CPR !ay be needed after successful defibrillation since spontaneous rhyth!s after defibrillation !ay not always produced ade&uate perfusion for several !inutes. The AED AED)s should be used when the following * clinical findings e+ist, -. Patient is not responsive .. Patient is not breathing *. Patient has no pulse /ost AEDs or E+ternal Auto!ated Defibrillators provide voice instructions fro! the point of turning on the !achine. "he !achine will perfor! the rhyth! interpretation and will also instruct you when to shoc the patient. %t should also instruct you to resu!e CPR when necessary. 0hile using the AED( '#$ should be !aintained by giving high &uality chest co!pressions and using basic airway s ills such as the head-tilt chin lift and !outh-to-barrier device resuscitation. E!ergencies are treated in the following order, Chec patient responsiveness( activate E/$( and get the AED( then perfor! CA'D)s of the '#$ Pri!ary $urvey.