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  7th – 9th October 2004
Pacific Medical Systems sponsored the 3rd Asian Conference on Emergency Medicine held in Hong Kong

  

The 3rd Asian Conference on Emergency Medicine held in Hong Kong, October 7th-10th, at the HK Convention centre and attracted over 700 participants from Hong Kong and Asian Countries. The theme of the conference “Evolving Frontiers of Emergency Medicine in Asia” gave participants the opportunity to learn and share valuable insights into the development of emergency medicine in the 21st century.
 

Pacific Medical Systems was proud to sponsor this important event and to exhibit cutting edge solutions which help emergency physicians and even the general public to provide better care in emergency situations.
 
   
Pacific Medical Systems' display at ACEM-04.
 

Both Cardiac Science Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and USCOM's Non-invasive Cardiac Output Monitor were being displayed and attracted numerous visitors during the meeting.
 
The live demonstrations of the USCOM device, demonstrated how non-invasive haemodynamic monitoring in emergency settings including retrieval can be useful in:
  		• Confirm normal circulatory function
  		• Detect low or high cardiac output states
  		• Assess haemodynamic response to fluid, inotropes and vaso-active therapy
  		• Haemodynamic management of patients with severe burns
  		• Monitor patients with high risk of blood loss
     
     
    The live demonstrations of Cardiac Science' Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), demonstrated clearly how ‘ease of use' can safe lives. In Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) which kills annually 7000 to 10000 people in Hong Kong, it's all about time! Immediate access to an AED is what can make all the difference between life and death. The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends defibrillation within 5 minutes from the onset of SCA.
     
       
    Pacific Medical Systems' display of AED from Cardiac Science.
     

    Following extracts from the study & presentation of Dr. Wong Tai-Wai (Consultant, Department of Accident and Emergency, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital) during the conference on “public access to AEDs”, referred to as Public Access to Defibrillation or PAD:

    1. The survival rate of out-of-hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest has been around 1.25 to 3%, despite the fact that all HK ambulances are equipped with AEDs.
    2. His study showed that the “collapse to shock time” i.e. The time it took from the moment a victim collapsed with SCA until the ambulance service was at the scene delivering the defibrillation shock to the victim, was 11 minutes! [every minute gone by prior to restoring a normal heart rhythm, which can ONLY be done via defibrillation, the chances of survival decrease by about 10%].
    3. Why 11 minutes, how do they come together (shown in the study)?:
     
    1. 3min - until an ambulance service was called
    2. 1min – ambulance dispatch time
    3. 6min – time required for the ambulance to reach the address (in this study, could be worse for some locations)
    4. (Sometimes) 2-3min – time required for the rescuer to reach the victim (i.e. High buildings etc, which again cost time to get to the victim, depending where this could take even more time)
    5. 1min – analyze time and delivery of shock
    4. In order to improve the chances of survival the “collapse to shock time” must be improved => PAD

    The above clearly indicates that if we are to improve the SCA survival statistics in Hong Kong (and elsewhere), we need more awareness and involvement from the public. Time to defibrillation or “Collapse to shock time” is described as the weakest link in the chain of survival. Cardiac Science' Automated Defibrillators (AEDs) have been rated the most user-friendly and most reliable AED's in the market.

     
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