A man, Ming, aged 40 collapsed before reaching the final of a 1,500m race. He has had a grey face, no reaction and could not detect his impulse by the Hong Kong St. John Ambulance first aiders. The first aiders have used AED immediately and applied CPR to revive him in 8 minutes. Ming has not had chest pain before. He thought that the physical decline of his body because of ageing.
AED has saved at least 41 patients in 4 years
“Besides checking for chest pain, asthma or sudden unconscious, also need to concern about the heredity of heart attack. AED is used to stop the unusual heart fibrillation” which mentioned by the Resuscitation Council of Hong Kong. One of the medical equipment selling company, Pacific Medical Systems, mentioned that 41 people were saved by using AED in 4 years.