Family Of Deceased Althlete Donates Medical Devices to Louisiana Schools
January 18, 2012
One Metairie, Louisiana, couple is using the loss of their son to hopefully save the lives of countless others. WWLTV News reported late last week that the parents and family of a De La Salle High School football player, who dropped dead on the field because of an undiagnosed heart condition, have donated more than 60 Automated External Defibrillators (AED) to area schools.
AEDs are medical devices that send an electric impulse to the heart of a patient suffering from cardiac arrest. Roger Mattei, a cardiac science corporation AED specialist, says that if the device is used on a patient going into cardiac arrest within three minutes of the heart stopping, the use of an AED can increase survival rates by as much as 70 percent.
The device is cost effective at less than $2,000 per unit, and is designed for use by anyone. The AED has voice-guided instructions that will not continue until every aspect of the current step is completed. Some units will not even work if something other than cardiac arrest is wrong with the patient.
Are you still not sure if you would want to be the person to use one on somebody else if needed? Good Samaritan Laws protect those who use them and the companies and schools that buy them from being held liable if the person dies. On the contrary, companies can be found negligent in court if they do not supply the units to employees.
The Louisiana personal injury lawyers with Dudley DeBosier see nothing but benefits to having these devices being readily available for the public and hope to help bring awareness to the availability of these life-saving medical devices.
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