Ambulance Service Association

Figure 1. Cordons and zonings (Ambulance Service Association, 2004). Reproduced with kind permission of the UK Ambulance Service Association, 2004...

Ambulance Service Association (2004). The National DecontaminationProviderManual - Issue 1. http //www.asa.uk.net... 

CPR alone does not replace defibrillation in an SCA incident. CPR merely gives a person precious time until medical help arrives. Yet, many ambulance services arrive several minutes after the call. According to the American Heart Association, the chance of survival decreases 10 percent with each passing minute that the heart beat is not returned to normal. Very few people have survived after 10 minutes. Unfortunately, experts can t tell you why SCAs occur nor how to prevent them. They can, however, tell you the best known way to fix them — AEDs. 

The volimtary aid societies include the St John Ambulance, St Andrew s Ambulance (in Scotland), British Red Cross and the Women s Royal Volimtary Service (WRVS). There are also a number of smaller specialist bodies such as the British Association for Immediate Care (BASICS) and BASICS Scotland. 

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