Are these guidelines going to be issued for the uk zan? i teach advanced life support to a range of multidisciplinary staff, as well as being a provider myself, and have noticed that there is not that much difference in the european guidelines as they stand and these american based ones.
The thumpers i believe, were mainly developed for pre hospital use by the paramedic, who is usually working by themselves in the back of the ambulance, it leaves them free to singularly manage the airway/arrest on the journey into hospital. staff mention they are awkward, bulky difficult to place and not user friendly.
Arrests in children are seldom cardiac,(usually respiratory)prolonged massage is rarely used and each child differs so much in weight, size and height that thumpers may be more detrimental then of benefit.
Sinterest, i hope you are not home alone,if anything untoward may happen, as it would be fairly impossible to defib yourself. id go for the spa..........die happy!!!
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