I will never forget taking a CPR class and the instructor was a retired paramedic. He had some great stories and advice like 1) You cannot take a pulse on a severed arm, 2) you cannot do mouth to mouth on a severed head and 3) Never put the paddles to a guy who is not unconscious. He said an over eager paramedic once did that and he learned about 20 new swear words from the guy they shocked.
While that's great advice, I will also give what the instructor I had for my first aid course said (also retired paramedic). Unless you are properly trained in reading pulses you should never use this method to identify the state of someone. For a regular first aider the easiest way is to check the rise/fall of chest and put your face next to their nose/mouth and check if you can feel their breath. Because if they're unconscious and not breathing normally, then you do CPR.
Regarding point 3: What AED was he talking about? Because with the AEDs that are accessible by the public that point doesn't matter. It won't shock unless the shock is necessary.
Yeah... getting hit with the paddles while conscious is one of the least fun things I have ever experienced, then they turned it up another 50 joules because my rhythm was still tachy.
All the years I worked in EMS I never had a code save (we got a few back but they never left the hospital). Went to work for a power plant and got called as the fire brigade leader for a man down. A coworker had suffered "the big one". The AED I used on him saved his life. In fact the doctors told him if it would've happened at home he would not have survived. He is still alive today and shortly after that retired to move closer to his daughter and grandchildren. His daughter send me a nice thank you note.
@@Frommerman My brother got his first code save on his 2nd ever paramedic clinical. His preceptor told him that he had been doing the job for 23 years and had never had one like that. He has since had 2 more. One was across the street from the fire station so they got to him quick. The guy in the story above actually came around and was cracking jokes with us and trying to sit up before the ambulance arrived. It was one of the most surreal things I have been a part of.
Been working rural ems for 6 months. My first code, we shocked vfrib three times, he finally caddioverted to a sinus with a BBB. Remained stable all the way to the hospital. They sedated and intubated and sent him to the cath lab. No block was found, his heart just stopped on its own for some weird reason. Anyway, once in a career save right at the start of my career lol.
@@thatguy2224 Speaking of surreal, I was watching night watch, and one episode showed a person who suffered a severe heart attack, and needed immediate transport. Shocking didn't work, and despite their best efforts they're hurt never started and passed away in hospital. The surreal part was when they hooked up the automatic CPR compressor to their chest. It was so powerful, it actually caused the patient to regain consciousness during the trip to the hospital. Basically, if not for their heart, they would have been fine. Makes you wonder how many people could be saved if they could bypass the heart and do an immediate heart transplant for cases like this.
I got my began as a Firefighter/First responder in 1996, as a volly went full time in 2002, had my EMT numbers by 2005, and medic numbers by 2009. As a FF I ran about a dozen arrests with no revocoveries, then my first clinical in EMT I class had one and was hooked, as an EMT had 4 saves, 2 cardiac and 2 trauma arrests, then when I got my numbers crickets for about 10 years, then all of the sudden I was averaging 2 a year up until 2020 when I was out for most of the year with back I jury, had surgery in Jan 2021 then finally got back on the truck in June, was able to work for about 7 months and had 2 saves in that time up til this past March when my back finally retired me. Miss it but not the waking up at 3 am for toe pain.
Like the place I used to work? I volunteered for first aid training. Did the class. Taught how to use the AED. Asked where the key to the AED cabinet was kept and was told we weren't allowed to use it. "Company policy." So I said that's ok, I'll just break the glass if I need it! Next thing I know the AED cabinet is locked in the manager's office 😑
@@nelsblair2667 Also saves you from slowly going insane from the time practically turning backwards just to mess with you while pumping, especially if you‘re alone. If you‘re doing CPR in training, those‘ll be the longest five minutes of your life. 😵💫
When I was young I took a first aid/ CPR course. They told us only something like 15% of people make it, so don't feel bad if your CPR doesn't work. It usually doesn't.. Since then they have been practicing and nerfing the numbers of compressions/ breaths etc, and of course AED's, and now the number is apparently over 50%
@@davidcooke8005 They never told us anything like that 😱 In the courses i was it was rather a common discussion that breaking ribs is quite normal for CPR and the receiver most probably won’t want to, but also won’t be able to sue you over that, since it‘s acceptable damage when trying to save a life, so you can go all in. 😅 I guess here they rather want to prevent people from feeling like it‘s no use anyway from the beginning. Just to keep the bad things out of mind for the time and choose a nice song to pump to. 😁
@@blacky_Ninja their options are broken ribs or death. i think death might be worse. also, you didnt fail to save them half the time. you succesfully bring someone back from the death half the time.
Great as always. The only save I was involved with was at a funeral parlor..... I was at a wake for a relative and a lady went down, did CPR with another EMT that was there and when the bus got there in less than 4 minutes, they shocked her and got her back. I still joke with the funeral director about "the one that got away"..
Oh my God, yeah the stress and grief of losing a loved one could probably definitely trigger a heart attack. I'm so glad she made it. ❤️ Thank goodness you were there.
After it was all over, I wondered what the crew thought when they got the call for a "person in cardiac arrest at the Funeral Parlor?" Maybe someone could do a video about that.. #FireDepartmentChronicles
As a carpenter, I just had my first aid class. My teacher said it was either a plumbing problem (no shocked advised) or an electrical problem (shock advised). I will definitely show this video to him so he can use it in his first aid classes.
@@aussiebird14 It's closer to tripping and resetting a breaker. The AED is a sophisticated computerized device that detects the rhythm of a patient's heart through electrical signals the nervous system uses to control bodily functions. If it detects an abnormal rhythm that can be corrected, it fixes it by literally stopping the heart - this way, the heart has a chance to 'reset' into a normal rhythm.
Once, in a first-aid course I was taking, someone asked if using an AED could hurt the victim. The instructors response was priceless: “If it says shock advised, they are already dead unless you shock them. You literally cannot make their day any worse.” Maybe not _100%_ accurate, but a point well made.
I was in the military for 24 years, and this was undoubtedly the best training film I’ve ever seen. I actually watched it through the first time and then watched it again to make sure I understood. Thanks man, appreciate the help.
Wow. Someone managed to go through at 24 classes of SABC (or whatever it was called back in your day) and managed to pencil whip everything without learning anything? Well done...
If you still go through these PLEASE READ THIS. I served for 8 years in the army. During that time I was taught how to use an AED but never had to. I watched this video less than a week ago for a refresher, because well your funny as hell. Today I was leaving a Wal-Mart and an older gentleman just fell behind me. I learned something important that is not told. You can do everything right, you can get one individual to call EMS (Dude literally asked me if he should call non-emergency or not) put them in the recovery position, monitor for breathing and pulse and stay with them. The moments after that, before EMS arrives, it's hard to be prepared for. To be with someone in that amount of pain, only to see their non responsive self holding on. It's hard to look at or imagine but we must be prepared for that. Do what you can, give them kind words of encouragement. EMS WILL arrive, just keep going.
I'm pretty sure the only reason they are alive is you. The AED wasn't going to waltz on over to the dead person, unpack itself, attach its electrodes to their chest and give them CPR.
@@MrMartinSchou Okay, fair, but I think what they're saying is without the use of the AED they would have died. Which is true. People who don't get an early shock have really, really awful chances at surviving cardiac arrest.
@@fabplays6559 True, and it's also true that CPR is rarely effective at helping somebody, unless the reason the heart stopped was due to an electrical shock, such as being struck by lightning. A vast majority of the time it only buys time for emergency services to take over and get them emergency treatment. But, as stated, the AED is worthless without the help of CPR. Without oxygen and blood flow, the person will likely be beyond saving. This is why getting help is so important, so that others can handle getting/setting up the AED, and/or injecting Narcan if it's an OD.
Man, next time I am in my first aid refresher course, I'm going to show my instructor this video (after the course) and hope that he starts using it in his classes. Haha great content!
When I was substituting in a class that had another teacher teaching CPR to the class, I showed him the "Comedy CPR" video, he thought it was great - this should be added. Way better than those American Heart Association DVDs he was showing!
I remember a story I heard during a seminar in medical school. A person collapsed in a mall and after the first people who found them started CPR, they asked for an AED. When the staff finally found it, they could not turn it on. Whatever they did the damn thing wouldn't activate, so by the time help arrived, even they couldn't save the patient. After everything was over the AED machine was sent back to the manufacturer as defective. When the engineers tried to find the cause of the malfunction they realised that the staff didn't remove the small plastic that was covering the connector part of the battery inside the machine, when they first unpacked it.
luckelly, the AED will tell you what to do. the patches have images on them where you need to apply them, the device it self has an audio track talking you through every step.
@@nickvanachthoven7252 Yes, however, as you are well aware, most people who are not in this field panic and even with that it's not enough. Civilians still need the familiarization and training for it to have a chance at being effective.
I’m 34 and decided a couple months ago I want to be a firefighter. Got my first test tomorrow. Your videos have been not only helpful but hilarious as well. Thanks for everything you do.
One of the few useful things I was taught in my high school health class was how to use an AED. They’re such important devices and so much more simple than they look, it’s important everyone knows how to work them
Given our...nonstandard...approach to life, kinda glad they didnt exist when I was in high school....! Do wish for those who needed a shock, though. Lots to appreciate these days.
@@sheilaolfieway1885 I was about to say something about how oh well I didn't graduate high school that long ago so they are still teaching it to todays youth and then I realized...uh, yeah, it has been a hot minute since I was in high school. Hopefully they are still teaching kids how to use an AED!
I just finished my second go around of first aid and AED training. they are super simple to use and can be life saving. The biggest thing is we need more of them and more people to know that they exist.
Its one of the reasons King county has over a 60% out of hospital v-fib survival rate. Greater then 70% of the population is trained in CPR, with greater then 70% of arrests started by bystanders, high availability of AEDs at 13 per km2, and a focus of dispatcher providing high quality instructions by treating them as a keystone in the response chain.
If there was more people like you giving first aid courses, more people would apply to them and actually pay attention! One of my refresher courses the instructor had zero sense of humor and was so boring that half of the class was failing a sleep.
That's so unfortunate. I never understand instructors who do that. I always try make them fun, as it makes people more likely to remember and continue to pursue more training.
There's some basic first aid everyone should learn at one point. Whether it's basic trauma care like not pulling a knife out of a wound, or CPR or this. Everyone should be required to learn first aid throughout high school. Many lives would be saved if people knew how to do proper first aid and didn't just stand around panicking while the person has to wait 5 minutes for a first responder to show up.
XD Sounds like my art history teacher back in college. No joke, the guy sounded like Ferris Bueller's teacher with just as much enthusiasm. Need an AED just to keep the students awake.
Can't wait to share this in our First Aid trainings at work. Seriously need a whole series of First Aid trainings done like this. Informative, short, and funny.
Seriously thank you. Im one of the only first-aid/CPR trained people at my work but my area is far away from where we keep these. I know they're supposed to be idiot proof but we know there's no such thing as that. A funny informative video like this is very useful
Funny as heck..... And really informative. Thank you. As some one who actually designs trainings as part of my job you hit a lot of key points people struggle to do in training videos ( I know this was mostly just a funny but informative sketch. But props to you. ) 1. You taught the basic knowledge of operation in a short consices manner which was easy to understand. 2. You addressed realistic concerns that people would have about using it with easy to understand yet complete knowledge. 3. You framed it all in a fun yet relatable situation where all the info could come out yet feel natural. 4. You addressed multiple situations and gave reassurance on the what to do in these situations ( letting people understand they can rely on the tool to tell them accurately to use or not and what to do if says not to.) We ALL have seem the same old corporates training videos which are hard to follow and a cure for insomnia. So Making something that does all of the above is not easy. So again. Thank you and Great work.
Nearly 30 years ago I worked in Central MN as FT Medic. Our operations mgr was instrumental in starting the AED programs with the First Responders. This encompassed several counties and other EMS agencies out of our PSA. Holdingford Rescue had gotten their Ammo Can AED. And, low and behold their first use was on the father of two of the volunteer firefighters. Upon arrival of ALS ambulance out of St. Cloud the patient was with pulse and a BP, but very little respiratory effort. He was tubed and then transported. The next day he was transferred to U OF MN for EP Studies and had implantable pacer/defib placed. He was neurologically intact. The firefighter's mom called the sons first rather than 911. So, one went to the fire hall to get the AED the other went to his parents home and started CPR.
I love how actually informative this was! Nice and concise! The anticlimactic tiny spasm from the shock had me belly laughing! Love your content buddy!
As someone who had to use an AED lately, I can say, you gonna realy apreciate an AED, when you have to use one. These things are amasing and safe countless lifes on a daily basis. Keeper up the good work😃
I was taught basic first aid while taking my drivers license when I was 18. Didn't really pay attention to it, just had to pass. Had a couple of events happen later on where It would've been useful had I remembered. Joined the army later and decided to become a medic because of that. Since then I've left the army and given CPR to 3 people as part of the "heartrunner" program we have going. Saved two people so far. I can't believe it's not mandatory to be taught in schools at all levels.
Jason you do such a great job on educating the public. Humorous and effective. You can just break it down the information and make it quick and easy. Great video!!
Please make sure you watch the Episode of 911 from Oct 10th. You have got to green screen yourself into the guy getting trapped under the tree, it's hilarious how bad it is.
AED’s are really cool! In my anatomy class, I believe during a heart attack the brain sends too many signals to the heart to pump, making it freeze. The AED literally stops those signals long enough to reset it. Also, I don’t know if they’ve been updated recently, but try to make sure there’s NOTHING touching the person when the AED goes off, or it’ll get shocked too!
Thats not what a heart attack it. A heart attack is when a blood clot dislodges and floats through the heart and blocks blood flow to the cardiac muscle cells causing them to necrose.
Over the last 3 days I have watched almost every video on this channel. Freakin' love it! Been laughing so hard my husband thinks there is something wrong with me. Also learned a few things, reworked the fire plan, and decided to actually check to make sure our fire ladder fits our window.
HI , Jason , i am a former paid emt in la county from the late 70's and volunteer with the usfs , and with the La county sheriff as a cert instructor . love all your videos . especially the reviews on tv \movie reviews they rock ! could'nt agree more nice to remanence ! keep on my bro
I used to do training/servicing on AEDs and they're much more fun when you plugin the service cartridge in. The test loads have selectable heart rhythms as well (to test shock/don't shock), but the service module lets you zap regardless. Bloody hell the power they put out is just scary.
Thanks for this informative video! I think a lot of people are intimidated by AEDs, so this is a great way to get people to feel comfortable using them.
I’ve been taught one class how to do this about a year and a half ago, this actually was a good reminder on the basics. As someone who was only taught, the basics.
Thank you for teaching people how to properly use an AED. I have to do First Aid training frequently for work, and as part of our training we always go over AEDs. It's amazing how many people I meet that have never even heard of AEDs even though they are quite common nowadays. I always note where they are if I see them when I enter a building.
In Australia these units are everywhere, Woolworths supermarkets and Bendigo banks always have them for public use, shopping centres and schools too, quite a few franchise shops maintain them.
AEDs are fantastic devices. Everything is set up so even someone untrained can use them. The pads even show you where to place them. I always keep an eye out, from a family of volley first responders and medical field careers, in the airport, hospital, or really anywhere that might have them where the nearest one is.
Hi! I'm a first aid worker in the Netherlands, and some instructors here use this video to show students how an AED works. It always gets them laughing!
We had to watch a stupid PowerPoint presentation before we got our certification. This is so much better and should be integrated in AED training across the country.
Lol I was literally practicing CPR and AED today as a workplace first aid provider. Good thing because I was actually up for a refresh as a volunteer fire fighter too.
Dude this was a super awesome informative video! I hope to see more like this in the future! You saved lives with this one.. future lives.. which are more special then current lives cause they are from the future!
One more situation where medicine doesn't actually heal you, but instead sets up the body in a situation where it can fix itself. In this case, the shock stops the heart and the brain (or brainlet, I forgot) forces the heart to restart on a notmal rythm (kinda like restarting your computer when the RAM is full). Other examples: broken bones. All the docs do (in most cases) is align the bone segments and put a cast around it to prevent it from moving. The body will then reconnect the bone on its own without any interaction from the doctors. The human body is a fucking jewel of evolution. Every aspect of it would take us over a lifetime to understand if universities weren't a thing. And even then, most of it is STILL a mystery.
even with universities it takes more than a lifetime for us to learn about the human body. With universities we can atleast know one aspect of the human well, but there are still areas we dont truly know how it works even to this day.
@@kingderpington6082 And that's why doctors being called doctors is a scam! Most of them don't have a PhD. Can you imagine how far ahead we would be if they all did 😮?
This channel is pretty genius: teach something medically intresting > make them laugh > teach something again and leave them laughing so they remember it.
As I have been taught at at John ambulance cadets. Don't be afraid of the AED. When using it Stay calm and follow the instructions, it won't shock when not need as the video says. It is said that most 5 year old can use it and at least in the UK you can find it in lots of public places e.g supermarkets or train stations .
Ty so much for this. I knew AEDs existed, but I did not realize they were sophisticated enough to act as the on-site "expert" about whether or not to push the "shock Now" button. That's very cool.
I was saved by a man in a hotel in Glenwood Springs, Colorado at 2 in the morning.. his CPR saved my life.. he also crushed my sternum and several ribs, which honestly, im so thankful he did it properly and didn't hold back.. so very thankful for that man.. never got to say thank you to him. 😢
Went to an advanced first aid course during my time as part of the first responders in school (We were literally just students, but also not allowed to do much) and during the course, we did a TON of CPR treatments. We also got lunch at the hospital cafeteria near the training building, and it was awful, so I started bringing chili habanero powder to mask the taste. Well, every time I'd spice my food, we'd say clear and all lean back, because that powder spread across the entire table.
As a automotive collision tech, I was completely expecting the guys arm or something to be welded back on using the AED. Like how steel would be welded. Super informative though.
You provide top notch help. With instructions people remember because it's short and very true to the point. I would appreciate it if you could give instructions on recognizing and understanding a Stroke. And how people need to know time is key. As in any medical problem.
Gods bless you, Jason! I can't wait til you put all these together in one place (hint playlist, hint) or a DVD for people to use at parties--er, I mean, CLASSES.....
Oh boy, I have to do this every 2 years when I update my first responder, not for real, just a puppet, but man, a teacher like you would make these classes fun
Remember: Always take their wallet to ensure the AED doesn't de-magnetize their credit cards ;)
Or payment for services rendered.
Either you or the hospital gets it anyway. You get what you paid for.
Wtf, you almlst made me spill my drink! XD
"take the wallet, leave the canoli"
Omg yes! Lmao
I will never forget taking a CPR class and the instructor was a retired paramedic. He had some great stories and advice like 1) You cannot take a pulse on a severed arm, 2) you cannot do mouth to mouth on a severed head and 3) Never put the paddles to a guy who is not unconscious. He said an over eager paramedic once did that and he learned about 20 new swear words from the guy they shocked.
While that's great advice, I will also give what the instructor I had for my first aid course said (also retired paramedic). Unless you are properly trained in reading pulses you should never use this method to identify the state of someone. For a regular first aider the easiest way is to check the rise/fall of chest and put your face next to their nose/mouth and check if you can feel their breath. Because if they're unconscious and not breathing normally, then you do CPR.
Regarding point 3:
What AED was he talking about?
Because with the AEDs that are accessible by the public that point doesn't matter.
It won't shock unless the shock is necessary.
Sounds like a fun class. I kinda wonder what led to someone trying to take a pulse from a severed arm and try mouth to mouth on a severed head though
Lol that episode of Greys where Bello shocks a sleeping guy and he wakes up a little alarmed and just pissed… I was like “I’m out.”
Yeah... getting hit with the paddles while conscious is one of the least fun things I have ever experienced, then they turned it up another 50 joules because my rhythm was still tachy.
I like how this channel is slowly turning into serius medical training.
it always has been
Explanations and fun, to the point, useful and the main thing.... people are lazy and dumb when it comes to proper 1st aid. That and they panic
Fun and educational. Its always has been
I'm waiting for the Dr. Glaucomflecken version.
@@joskubl6017 Well, they didn't have their Hitchhikers guide then, reminding them to "Don't panic."
All the years I worked in EMS I never had a code save (we got a few back but they never left the hospital). Went to work for a power plant and got called as the fire brigade leader for a man down. A coworker had suffered "the big one". The AED I used on him saved his life. In fact the doctors told him if it would've happened at home he would not have survived. He is still alive today and shortly after that retired to move closer to his daughter and grandchildren. His daughter send me a nice thank you note.
Code saves out of hospital are only about a 10% chance of happening, so unless you were running dozens of codes a year you were probably just unlucky.
@@Frommerman My brother got his first code save on his 2nd ever paramedic clinical. His preceptor told him that he had been doing the job for 23 years and had never had one like that. He has since had 2 more. One was across the street from the fire station so they got to him quick. The guy in the story above actually came around and was cracking jokes with us and trying to sit up before the ambulance arrived. It was one of the most surreal things I have been a part of.
Been working rural ems for 6 months. My first code, we shocked vfrib three times, he finally caddioverted to a sinus with a BBB. Remained stable all the way to the hospital. They sedated and intubated and sent him to the cath lab. No block was found, his heart just stopped on its own for some weird reason. Anyway, once in a career save right at the start of my career lol.
@@thatguy2224 Speaking of surreal, I was watching night watch, and one episode showed a person who suffered a severe heart attack, and needed immediate transport. Shocking didn't work, and despite their best efforts they're hurt never started and passed away in hospital.
The surreal part was when they hooked up the automatic CPR compressor to their chest. It was so powerful, it actually caused the patient to regain consciousness during the trip to the hospital. Basically, if not for their heart, they would have been fine. Makes you wonder how many people could be saved if they could bypass the heart and do an immediate heart transplant for cases like this.
I got my began as a Firefighter/First responder in 1996, as a volly went full time in 2002, had my EMT numbers by 2005, and medic numbers by 2009. As a FF I ran about a dozen arrests with no revocoveries, then my first clinical in EMT I class had one and was hooked, as an EMT had 4 saves, 2 cardiac and 2 trauma arrests, then when I got my numbers crickets for about 10 years, then all of the sudden I was averaging 2 a year up until 2020 when I was out for most of the year with back I jury, had surgery in Jan 2021 then finally got back on the truck in June, was able to work for about 7 months and had 2 saves in that time up til this past March when my back finally retired me. Miss it but not the waking up at 3 am for toe pain.
A serious life skill taught in a top notch humerous way as usual. Well done. People shouldn't be afraid to use an AED.
AEDs are literally resurrection machines. They bring people back from the (very recently) dead.
Absolutely true! An AED, sure....an IED, not so much!
@@brianlam1663 he both will give you a shock when you push a button.
Responsibly*
Like the place I used to work? I volunteered for first aid training. Did the class. Taught how to use the AED. Asked where the key to the AED cabinet was kept and was told we weren't allowed to use it. "Company policy." So I said that's ok, I'll just break the glass if I need it! Next thing I know the AED cabinet is locked in the manager's office 😑
An AED actually make the survivability rate go from "ridiculously low" to "holy shit they have big chance to actually make it"
An AED could take them from “CPR forever” vs “too healthy for CPR”. Saves a lot of sweat.
@@nelsblair2667
Also saves you from slowly going insane from the time practically turning backwards just to mess with you while pumping, especially if you‘re alone.
If you‘re doing CPR in training, those‘ll be the longest five minutes of your life. 😵💫
When I was young I took a first aid/ CPR course. They told us only something like 15% of people make it, so don't feel bad if your CPR doesn't work. It usually doesn't.. Since then they have been practicing and nerfing the numbers of compressions/ breaths etc, and of course AED's, and now the number is apparently over 50%
@@davidcooke8005
They never told us anything like that 😱
In the courses i was it was rather a common discussion that breaking ribs is quite normal for CPR and the receiver most probably won’t want to, but also won’t be able to sue you over that, since it‘s acceptable damage when trying to save a life, so you can go all in. 😅
I guess here they rather want to prevent people from feeling like it‘s no use anyway from the beginning.
Just to keep the bad things out of mind for the time and choose a nice song to pump to. 😁
@@blacky_Ninja their options are broken ribs or death. i think death might be worse.
also, you didnt fail to save them half the time. you succesfully bring someone back from the death half the time.
Great as always. The only save I was involved with was at a funeral parlor..... I was at a wake for a relative and a lady went down, did CPR with another EMT that was there and when the bus got there in less than 4 minutes, they shocked her and got her back. I still joke with the funeral director about "the one that got away"..
Hahahaha
Oh my God, yeah the stress and grief of losing a loved one could probably definitely trigger a heart attack. I'm so glad she made it. ❤️ Thank goodness you were there.
After it was all over, I wondered what the crew thought when they got the call for a "person in cardiac arrest at the Funeral Parlor?" Maybe someone could do a video about that.. #FireDepartmentChronicles
@@TheMarkemmy Spinning off your idea, maybe the video could include a little blurb about "broken heart syndrome."
@@NWednesdayQuansah Pretty sure that’s more cardiac arrest
As a carpenter, I just had my first aid class. My teacher said it was either a plumbing problem (no shocked advised) or an electrical problem (shock advised). I will definitely show this video to him so he can use it in his first aid classes.
As a 2x4, I approve this analogy.
Yeah this is a nice analogy. Thanks
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So administering a shock is like pressing the reset button on an old power socket?😮
@@aussiebird14 more like turning the computer off and back on again
@@aussiebird14 It's closer to tripping and resetting a breaker. The AED is a sophisticated computerized device that detects the rhythm of a patient's heart through electrical signals the nervous system uses to control bodily functions. If it detects an abnormal rhythm that can be corrected, it fixes it by literally stopping the heart - this way, the heart has a chance to 'reset' into a normal rhythm.
As someone who always uses an AED when my kids won't get up for school, I approve this video.
Wait what
I hope it doesn't advise a shock...
Hold on..
Must be the side effects after using a blowhorn!
I use a car battery and jumpers
Once, in a first-aid course I was taking, someone asked if using an AED could hurt the victim.
The instructors response was priceless: “If it says shock advised, they are already dead unless you shock them. You literally cannot make their day any worse.”
Maybe not _100%_ accurate, but a point well made.
I love the detail that he never stopped the CPR while asking questions, important lesson as well.
Well spotted!
He did freeze in surprise once.
I was in the military for 24 years, and this was undoubtedly the best training film I’ve ever seen. I actually watched it through the first time and then watched it again to make sure I understood. Thanks man, appreciate the help.
Wow. Someone managed to go through at 24 classes of SABC (or whatever it was called back in your day) and managed to pencil whip everything without learning anything? Well done...
Same!
If you still go through these PLEASE READ THIS. I served for 8 years in the army. During that time I was taught how to use an AED but never had to. I watched this video less than a week ago for a refresher, because well your funny as hell. Today I was leaving a Wal-Mart and an older gentleman just fell behind me. I learned something important that is not told. You can do everything right, you can get one individual to call EMS (Dude literally asked me if he should call non-emergency or not) put them in the recovery position, monitor for breathing and pulse and stay with them. The moments after that, before EMS arrives, it's hard to be prepared for. To be with someone in that amount of pain, only to see their non responsive self holding on. It's hard to look at or imagine but we must be prepared for that. Do what you can, give them kind words of encouragement. EMS WILL arrive, just keep going.
Was he ok?
Brilliant! You squeezed the good bits out of an eight hour CPR class into a sub two minute class.
I’ve actually had to give someone cpr and the AED is the only reason their alive
I'm pretty sure the only reason they are alive is you. The AED wasn't going to waltz on over to the dead person, unpack itself, attach its electrodes to their chest and give them CPR.
@@MrMartinSchou Okay, fair, but I think what they're saying is without the use of the AED they would have died. Which is true. People who don't get an early shock have really, really awful chances at surviving cardiac arrest.
Luckily grammar can't kill, or else I wouldn't be alive.
Jesting aside, I'm glad they made it out alive!
@@fabplays6559 I know - I just didn't want TVB to give the impression that they weren't instrumental in the person's survival.
@@fabplays6559 True, and it's also true that CPR is rarely effective at helping somebody, unless the reason the heart stopped was due to an electrical shock, such as being struck by lightning. A vast majority of the time it only buys time for emergency services to take over and get them emergency treatment.
But, as stated, the AED is worthless without the help of CPR. Without oxygen and blood flow, the person will likely be beyond saving. This is why getting help is so important, so that others can handle getting/setting up the AED, and/or injecting Narcan if it's an OD.
Man, next time I am in my first aid refresher course, I'm going to show my instructor this video (after the course) and hope that he starts using it in his classes. Haha great content!
When I was substituting in a class that had another teacher teaching CPR to the class, I showed him the "Comedy CPR" video, he thought it was great - this should be added. Way better than those American Heart Association DVDs he was showing!
I always send them to my instructor 🤣
I always send them to my friend who's an instructor....they usually beat me to it!
That's awesome. I feel like instructors that do stuff like this, really keep the classes engaged in the course.
I like how this is legit medical advice with a touch of comedy to help us remember.
I remember a story I heard during a seminar in medical school. A person collapsed in a mall and after the first people who found them started CPR, they asked for an AED. When the staff finally found it, they could not turn it on. Whatever they did the damn thing wouldn't activate, so by the time help arrived, even they couldn't save the patient. After everything was over the AED machine was sent back to the manufacturer as defective. When the engineers tried to find the cause of the malfunction they realised that the staff didn't remove the small plastic that was covering the connector part of the battery inside the machine, when they first unpacked it.
This is great, everyone should familiarize themselves with AEDs. I actually just sent this to my mom to show her coworkers who are unfamiliar.
Shared to everyone I know and plan to hit Twitter next. Join me!
luckelly, the AED will tell you what to do. the patches have images on them where you need to apply them, the device it self has an audio track talking you through every step.
@@nickvanachthoven7252 Yes, however, as you are well aware, most people who are not in this field panic and even with that it's not enough. Civilians still need the familiarization and training for it to have a chance at being effective.
I’m 34 and decided a couple months ago I want to be a firefighter. Got my first test tomorrow. Your videos have been not only helpful but hilarious as well. Thanks for everything you do.
Well, did you pass?
@@agalerex failed twice, but trying again in two months. Thanks for asking! I’m surprised anybody would give a f***.
@Jemma Rustles failed last two attempts, but trying again in two months. I’ll pass eventually! Persistence is key
@@dis4doughnuts372 You're welcome.
I wish you good luck with your next attempt.
One of the few useful things I was taught in my high school health class was how to use an AED. They’re such important devices and so much more simple than they look, it’s important everyone knows how to work them
Given our...nonstandard...approach to life, kinda glad they didnt exist when I was in high school....! Do wish for those who needed a shock, though. Lots to appreciate these days.
Probabl not something they teach today If they do that's probably one of the few worthwhile things they teach.
@@sheilaolfieway1885 I was about to say something about how oh well I didn't graduate high school that long ago so they are still teaching it to todays youth and then I realized...uh, yeah, it has been a hot minute since I was in high school. Hopefully they are still teaching kids how to use an AED!
I just finished my second go around of first aid and AED training. they are super simple to use and can be life saving. The biggest thing is we need more of them and more people to know that they exist.
Its one of the reasons King county has over a 60% out of hospital v-fib survival rate. Greater then 70% of the population is trained in CPR, with greater then 70% of arrests started by bystanders, high availability of AEDs at 13 per km2, and a focus of dispatcher providing high quality instructions by treating them as a keystone in the response chain.
If there was more people like you giving first aid courses, more people would apply to them and actually pay attention!
One of my refresher courses the instructor had zero sense of humor and was so boring that half of the class was failing a sleep.
That's so unfortunate. I never understand instructors who do that. I always try make them fun, as it makes people more likely to remember and continue to pursue more training.
There's some basic first aid everyone should learn at one point. Whether it's basic trauma care like not pulling a knife out of a wound, or CPR or this. Everyone should be required to learn first aid throughout high school. Many lives would be saved if people knew how to do proper first aid and didn't just stand around panicking while the person has to wait 5 minutes for a first responder to show up.
XD Sounds like my art history teacher back in college. No joke, the guy sounded like Ferris Bueller's teacher with just as much enthusiasm. Need an AED just to keep the students awake.
Can't wait to share this in our First Aid trainings at work. Seriously need a whole series of First Aid trainings done like this. Informative, short, and funny.
Seriously thank you. Im one of the only first-aid/CPR trained people at my work but my area is far away from where we keep these. I know they're supposed to be idiot proof but we know there's no such thing as that. A funny informative video like this is very useful
As long as no one touches the patient! 🤣
Funny as heck..... And really informative. Thank you.
As some one who actually designs trainings as part of my job you hit a lot of key points people struggle to do in training videos ( I know this was mostly just a funny but informative sketch. But props to you. )
1. You taught the basic knowledge of operation in a short consices manner which was easy to understand.
2. You addressed realistic concerns that people would have about using it with easy to understand yet complete knowledge.
3. You framed it all in a fun yet relatable situation where all the info could come out yet feel natural.
4. You addressed multiple situations and gave reassurance on the what to do in these situations ( letting people understand they can rely on the tool to tell them accurately to use or not and what to do if says not to.)
We ALL have seem the same old corporates training videos which are hard to follow and a cure for insomnia. So Making something that does all of the above is not easy. So again. Thank you and Great work.
@@Rkbmommaand stilted. And often done by people who barely understand what they’re showing you because they’re actors.
i love how you wonderfully painted your nails when you slapped those pads on..
I was looking for this comment!
These videos strike the perfect balance between hilarious, educational, and chaotic energy. Great job
8 hour class done in 3 minutes...lol Love it! Keep em coming brother!!
Nearly 30 years ago I worked in Central MN as FT Medic. Our operations mgr was instrumental in starting the AED programs with the First Responders. This encompassed several counties and other EMS agencies out of our PSA. Holdingford Rescue had gotten their Ammo Can AED. And, low and behold their first use was on the father of two of the volunteer firefighters. Upon arrival of ALS ambulance out of St. Cloud the patient was with pulse and a BP, but very little respiratory effort. He was tubed and then transported. The next day he was transferred to U OF MN for EP Studies and had implantable pacer/defib placed. He was neurologically intact. The firefighter's mom called the sons first rather than 911. So, one went to the fire hall to get the AED the other went to his parents home and started CPR.
You and Dr. Mike are 2 of my top creators because y'all are real, educational, and entertaining. Keep it up!
They need to collab!
I love how actually informative this was! Nice and concise! The anticlimactic tiny spasm from the shock had me belly laughing!
Love your content buddy!
As someone who had to use an AED lately, I can say, you gonna realy apreciate an AED, when you have to use one. These things are amasing and safe countless lifes on a daily basis. Keeper up the good work😃
I was taught basic first aid while taking my drivers license when I was 18. Didn't really pay attention to it, just had to pass. Had a couple of events happen later on where It would've been useful had I remembered. Joined the army later and decided to become a medic because of that. Since then I've left the army and given CPR to 3 people as part of the "heartrunner" program we have going. Saved two people so far. I can't believe it's not mandatory to be taught in schools at all levels.
Jason you do such a great job on educating the public. Humorous and effective. You can just break it down the information and make it quick and easy. Great video!!
Please make sure you watch the Episode of 911 from Oct 10th. You have got to green screen yourself into the guy getting trapped under the tree, it's hilarious how bad it is.
Oh, dear. I'm almost afraid to ask! 😂
AED’s are really cool! In my anatomy class, I believe during a heart attack the brain sends too many signals to the heart to pump, making it freeze. The AED literally stops those signals long enough to reset it.
Also, I don’t know if they’ve been updated recently, but try to make sure there’s NOTHING touching the person when the AED goes off, or it’ll get shocked too!
Its actually a hard reset to a bundle of nerves within the heart that got desynced
Omg is this the medical version of "have you turned it off and then on again"
@@starsaur6664 yuuuupppp
As a med student, I can confirm!
Thats definitely not a heart attack, and thats not what causes pulseless rhythms like vfib which the AED can treat.
Thats not what a heart attack it. A heart attack is when a blood clot dislodges and floats through the heart and blocks blood flow to the cardiac muscle cells causing them to necrose.
God I love this channel. Every single video is a wild ride full of education and entertainment. Never stop man, you're awesome.
Honestly the knowledge these guys have is out of this world .. May all first responders be safe
Over the last 3 days I have watched almost every video on this channel. Freakin' love it! Been laughing so hard my husband thinks there is something wrong with me. Also learned a few things, reworked the fire plan, and decided to actually check to make sure our fire ladder fits our window.
Great video. Hopefully, those who see it will not be too scared to use an AED.
HI , Jason , i am a former paid emt in la county from the late 70's and volunteer with the usfs , and with the La county sheriff as a cert instructor . love all your videos . especially the reviews on tv \movie reviews they rock ! could'nt agree more nice to remanence ! keep on my bro
I petition this video to be used instead of the awful videos we use in CPR/BLS class
I used to do training/servicing on AEDs and they're much more fun when you plugin the service cartridge in. The test loads have selectable heart rhythms as well (to test shock/don't shock), but the service module lets you zap regardless.
Bloody hell the power they put out is just scary.
Thanks for this informative video! I think a lot of people are intimidated by AEDs, so this is a great way to get people to feel comfortable using them.
"Ok I've strapped the timer to his chest and wired in the phone now what should I... Wait did you said AED??... Well crap now I have to start over!"
I’ve been taught one class how to do this about a year and a half ago, this actually was a good reminder on the basics. As someone who was only taught, the basics.
Thank you for teaching people how to properly use an AED. I have to do First Aid training frequently for work, and as part of our training we always go over AEDs. It's amazing how many people I meet that have never even heard of AEDs even though they are quite common nowadays. I always note where they are if I see them when I enter a building.
This was more informative then all of my CPR training I was forced to do for work. Make More Please!
In Australia these units are everywhere, Woolworths supermarkets and Bendigo banks always have them for public use, shopping centres and schools too, quite a few franchise shops maintain them.
I have nothing to do with your line of work but I can't stop watching your videos.
Never worked in EMS but this cheered me right up and I learnt something too. Bloody brilliant 👍🏻
That wallet line 🤣
CPR: Check Pockets Rapidly
AEDs are fantastic devices. Everything is set up so even someone untrained can use them. The pads even show you where to place them. I always keep an eye out, from a family of volley first responders and medical field careers, in the airport, hospital, or really anywhere that might have them where the nearest one is.
Hi! I'm a first aid worker in the Netherlands, and some instructors here use this video to show students how an AED works.
It always gets them laughing!
Run bro, after that shock there's no way he can catch up to take his wallet back.
I need to share this! I feel like I understood this so much better than the course I had to take.
A perfect compliment to the comedy cpr video, it’s awesome to see people making such important educational videos so entertaining
We had to watch a stupid PowerPoint presentation before we got our certification. This is so much better and should be integrated in AED training across the country.
"Hey man where's my wallet?"
"Huh?" Had me rolling 🤣 😂
Lol I was literally practicing CPR and AED today as a workplace first aid provider. Good thing because I was actually up for a refresh as a volunteer fire fighter too.
Loving this new flavour of infotainment 😁👍
Whoever wrote the script for this did a superb job of entertaining and educating.
Dude this was a super awesome informative video! I hope to see more like this in the future! You saved lives with this one.. future lives.. which are more special then current lives cause they are from the future!
"Whose heart is this?"
You're the surgeon! Shouldn't you know?!
Funny enough, this is a good way to explain it for people. And fun too. If I ever became an instructor, I'll show this video.
Love that you're using the channel to educate folks.
This is the best AED tutorial video I've ever seen
One more situation where medicine doesn't actually heal you, but instead sets up the body in a situation where it can fix itself.
In this case, the shock stops the heart and the brain (or brainlet, I forgot) forces the heart to restart on a notmal rythm (kinda like restarting your computer when the RAM is full).
Other examples: broken bones. All the docs do (in most cases) is align the bone segments and put a cast around it to prevent it from moving. The body will then reconnect the bone on its own without any interaction from the doctors.
The human body is a fucking jewel of evolution. Every aspect of it would take us over a lifetime to understand if universities weren't a thing. And even then, most of it is STILL a mystery.
even with universities it takes more than a lifetime for us to learn about the human body. With universities we can atleast know one aspect of the human well, but there are still areas we dont truly know how it works even to this day.
@@kingderpington6082 And that's why doctors being called doctors is a scam! Most of them don't have a PhD. Can you imagine how far ahead we would be if they all did 😮?
@@louisrobitaille5810 uh what?
Yep that aed is the best!
That nail detail @1:02 🤣
A true masterpiece!
This was great! Made me laugh and provided a refresher since I haven't had AED training in several years.
This needs to be in every AED class.
Dude this is awesome! I'm gonna show this to my students today!
There’s something morbidly hilarious about how happy he was that a shock was advised.
While I really enjoy all of your videos, I especially appreciate the educational ones. I've never learned this stuff before. Good job!
I like how it implies he yanked a heart surgeon's Soul out of his body to ensure he'd be revived. We need more of this chaotic c.p.r./a.e.d. trainer.
I'm !
@@carmenpittman8842 What?
Dude, love your work: Informative and comedic. Thanks for the lesson in AED useage.
This channel is pretty genius: teach something medically intresting > make them laugh > teach something again and leave them laughing so they remember it.
I like how this is more informative and entertaining than a cpr class
Great hype up to the shock and then the shock at 1:30. :D
As I have been taught at at John ambulance cadets.
Don't be afraid of the AED. When using it Stay calm and follow the instructions, it won't shock when not need as the video says.
It is said that most 5 year old can use it and at least in the UK you can find it in lots of public places e.g supermarkets or train stations .
Ty so much for this. I knew AEDs existed, but I did not realize they were sophisticated enough to act as the on-site "expert" about whether or not to push the "shock Now" button.
That's very cool.
I was saved by a man in a hotel in Glenwood Springs, Colorado at 2 in the morning.. his CPR saved my life.. he also crushed my sternum and several ribs, which honestly, im so thankful he did it properly and didn't hold back.. so very thankful for that man.. never got to say thank you to him. 😢
This should be the video they use for the cpr training course. It's more exciting and memorable
Went to an advanced first aid course during my time as part of the first responders in school (We were literally just students, but also not allowed to do much) and during the course, we did a TON of CPR treatments. We also got lunch at the hospital cafeteria near the training building, and it was awful, so I started bringing chili habanero powder to mask the taste. Well, every time I'd spice my food, we'd say clear and all lean back, because that powder spread across the entire table.
As a automotive collision tech, I was completely expecting the guys arm or something to be welded back on using the AED. Like how steel would be welded.
Super informative though.
You sir, are an accomplished comedian AND an educator on top. Kudos!
I see a future training film.
Am I the only one wondering if the heart surgeon ever found out whose heart that was and what happened to that guy?
You provide top notch help. With instructions people remember because it's short and very true to the point. I would appreciate it if you could give instructions on recognizing and understanding a Stroke. And how people need to know time is key. As in any medical problem.
jokes aside, this is an amazing training aid. im going to use this when i have to teach how to use an AED
You should green screen yourself into an old show called Emergency! I think it's from the 70's.
That show was very accurate, but of course it's out of date now. However, I did learn a few things from the show as a kid that probably saved my life.
He'd be very bored, and a lot of us would be very angry...
Who’s heart is this?
it’s from Last Christmas
Don't worry, it's from a heartless person.
Gods bless you, Jason! I can't wait til you put all these together in one place (hint playlist, hint) or a DVD for people to use at parties--er, I mean, CLASSES.....
To be totally honest, the main draw for these videos for me is the exceptional facial expressions. The manic smiles are the best.
Oh boy, I have to do this every 2 years when I update my first responder, not for real, just a puppet, but man, a teacher like you would make these classes fun
I love that you're doing instructional videos now
Working in the medical field (adjacent anyways BH) this is one of the best AED presentations I've seen.
This is so good! Hilarious and informative. I can’t stop watching these videos!