考虑一下加拿大心脏和中风基金会提供的这些让人深思的统计数据。

• 每年有多达45,000名加拿大人突发心脏骤停。
• 大约每80-100名加拿大儿童中就有一人患有心脏病。

由于员工和学生都有可能出现心脏问题，我们的学校急救计划必须考虑到这一点。

基于此，CBE的安全咨询服务（SAS）部门一直在努力为我们的学校配备自动体外除颤器（AEDs）。这些便携式设备可以通过向心脏发送电脉冲或电击来恢复正常心跳。它们用于预防或纠正心律失常，即心跳不均匀、过慢或过快的情况。它们还可以恢复突然停止的心脏跳动。

在本学年中，CBE的员工在学校发生一起医疗紧急情况时已经亲身体验了除颤器的救生价值。一名学生突然倒地，学校工作人员立即进行了急救反应，使用了AED设备。该设备确定需要进行电击治疗，因此进行了电击。

幸运的是，卡尔加里的急救人员到场继续对这名学生进行援助，并将其安全送往医院。急救人员告诉CBE的员工，他们通过在现场迅速行动帮助挽救了这位年轻人的生命。

“每一条生命都是宝贵的，对AED的投资已经对一名学生、该学生的家庭和学校产生了巨大的影响，”安全咨询服务经理Russ DiGiacomo说道。“当然，我们希望这类事件是罕见的。但我们也认识到，在我们的所有学校中，为经过培训的员工提供这种设备可用性是至关重要的。”

根据加拿大心脏和中风基金会的数据，在心脏骤停后的1至3分钟内提供心肺复苏（CPR）和除颤（电击）可将生存率提高75%或更多。

到目前为止，SAS团队已经在我们的系统中的学校和建筑物中部署了230个AED，最后的63个将在2018-19学年安装。几年前，一些除颤器作为青年体育计划的一部分捐赠，如今发展为CBE的新安全标准。

Russ表示，由于学校中有AED设备的可用性以及受过培训的员工人数，CBE已超出提供急救资源的职业健康和安全要求。员工通过第三方机构接受培训，然而AED设备非常易于使用，设计用于让没有或只有很少经验的人使用。

有关CBE健康和安全的更多信息，请参见下方的链接。

• 学生健康服务 | 行政规定6002
• 职业健康和安全 | 行政规定1070
• 学校的健康与福祉
  

​Consider these sobering statistics from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.

• As many as 45,000 Canadians experience a sudden cardiac arrest each year.
• About 1 in 80-100 Canadian children are born with heart disease.

As both staff and students have the potential to experience heart problems, this must be considered in our plans to provide first aid in schools.

With this in mind, the CBE’s Safety Advisory Services (SAS) department has been working to equip all of our schools with Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). These compact devices can restore a normal heartbeat by sending an electric pulse or shock to the heart. They are used to prevent or correct arrhythmia – a heartbeat that is uneven, too slow or too fast. And they can also restore a heartbeat in a heart that stops suddenly.

Already this school year, CBE staff experienced the life-saving value of defibrillators when a medical emergency occurred at one of our schools. A student had collapsed and school staff responded with first aid that led to the use of an AED unit. The device determined that an electrical shock was required and so a shock was applied.

Thankfully, Calgary paramedics arrived to continue aiding the student who was transported to hospital in stable condition. The responders told CBE staff they had helped save this young person’s life through their quick actions at the scene.

“Every life is precious and the investment in AEDs has already made a huge difference for one student, that student’s family and the school,” says Russ DiGiacomo, Manager of Safety Advisory Services. “Of course we hope this type of incident is a rare occurrence. But we also recognize it’s vital to have this equipment available for use by trained staff in all of our schools.”

According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, early access to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation (1 to 3 minutes after cardiac arrest) may increase chances of survival by 75 per cent or more.

So far, the SAS team has deployed 230 AEDs in schools and buildings across our system, with the final 63 to be installed during the 2018-19 school year. What began years ago with the donation of a few defibrillators, as part of a youth sport initiative, has grown into a new safety standard at CBE.

With the availability of AEDs in schools coupled with the number of trained staff, Russ says the CBE is exceeding occupational health and safety requirements for providing first aid resources. Training is provided to staff through a third-party organization, however defibrillators are fairly intuitive to use and are designed to be used by people with little or no experience.

See the links below for more information on health and safety at the CBE.

• Student Health Services | Administrative Regulation 6002
• Occupational Health and Safety | Administrative Regulation 1070
• Health & Wellness in School