AED installed at BIA to diagnose life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias

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An Automated External Defibrillator (AED) has been installed at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) for the victims of sudden cardiac arrest who lose their lives due to a lack of timely medical care, the Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited (AASL) said.

An AED is a device that is designed to check the ECG waveform of the patient, give voice commands, and deliver an electric shock when necessary to resuscitate the patient.

These machines are designed to be used by "non-medical personnel" after training.

The BIA handles an average of 1.5 million passengers per year and reports frequent cases of cardiac arrest.

Cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death in Sri Lanka. 95% of victims of sudden cardiac arrest lose their lives due to the lack of timely medical care. Many countries have introduced the AED for public use as a solution to address this challenge.

The handing over ceremony was held today at the Silk Route Lounge of the airport. (Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama)

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Doctors have no clues about medical problems , they just manage the problems. Monday, 19 December 2022 08:17 PM

The people who invented the Automated External Defibrillator are PHYSICISTS , the doctors don’t have a clue how it works. From vaccines to medical equipments are made by Scientists ( Biologists, Chemists, and Scientists) but doctors use them on patients and get the undeserved respect and recognition. Doctors have been fooling the human race for long time by saying “ we study for 5 years, we specialise for 10 ten years etc “. But in practice they don’t know any deep science , just use what is invented by the Scientists. This why the COVID never left us even after nearly three years. We should replace the doctors in clinical medicine with scientists and kick out the doctors to do ambulance driving and responding to emergencies.

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Seqi Monday, 19 December 2022 08:50 PM

Slowly Sri Lanka emerges from the stone age.

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LionRaceHasFailed Monday, 19 December 2022 09:08 PM

Priorities eh? Meanwhile, they will spend millions on new vehicles for ministries, monks and politicians.. something as basic as this was not available all this time? I’m lost for words…

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Shelly Monday, 19 December 2022 09:48 PM

So why is this news? What's the big deal in getting a defibrillator at the airport and having a ceremony for it? It's silly. These have been around for more than a decade in public places in developed countries. I am more interested to know why this Silk Route VIP lounge looks so awful!

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Prakash Monday, 19 December 2022 11:10 PM

What a big news to publish, we should be ashamed of ourselves for not having this basic equipment for such a long time. In many parts of the world even a small shopping malls has these.

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Felicia Pieris Tuesday, 20 December 2022 09:02 PM

Finally BIA installed an AED. Lets at least hope it was installed at the main lounge where 99.9% people travel and not the Silk Route VIP lounge.

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Kumar Tuesday, 20 December 2022 10:40 PM

There should be more than one at BIA. In the building I worked had one on every floor. All of us were given instructions how to use it.

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