45,000 deaths in France from cardiopulmonary arrest
Each year in France, approximately 45,000 individuals die of cardiopulmonary arrest. Thus, in 2007, the Ministry of Solidarity and Health initiated actions in favor of the development of the installation of automated external defibrillators (AED) throughout the territory and in particular in establishments which receive the public (ERP ). Specialized for 45 years in medical technology and cardiopulmonary diagnostics, the international company SCHILLER plays an important role in France and in Europe in reducing the number of deaths. ” We first equipped the professionals, such as the SAMU, the SMUR and the firefighters, before installing defibrillators in public access », Specifies Christophe Lévêque, CEO of SCHILLER France. Thus, since 2009, the company has been equipping the infrastructures of the SNCF, for example.
Defibrillators for medical personnel, as well as for all citizens
Because health is not a joke, especially in these moments when life hangs by a thread, SCHILLER is extremely demanding on the quality and reliability of its defibrillators. Located between France, Switzerland, Germany and Austria, the company equips hospitals and emergency physicians, as well as ERP and local authorities. This is how the DEFIGARD Touch 7 defibrillator is intended for professionals, while the FRED PA-1, equipped with the same technology, is installed on public roads or in public buildings. In addition to high quality technology and production, SCHILLER provides its customers with a sales division specific to each professional sector, in order to always be in tune with the specific expectations of each, as well as a network technicians to ensure the maintenance of 75,000 machines installed on French territory.
Support for the entire chain of survival
With devices both on public roads and in hospitals, SCHILLER supports a victim throughout the survival chain. ” It is necessary that all the medical data of the patient who has fallen on the street can go into the hospital software. This will make it possible to gain in productivity, in quality of care and in traceability, for example for a cardiologist who will be able to find the first shocks that were made by the defibrillator. », Adds Christophe Lévêque. But, even equipped with a defibrillator, it is important to remember that in the event of cardiopulmonary arrest, it is necessary to act, even clumsily. The SCHILLER device will not wrongly shock, it will pick up the heart rate itself to intervene if necessary. Before, we must notify the emergency services and then operate on a cardiac massage which, even badly done, can save a life.
Moreover, it is a new innovation planned for SCHILLER: a massage board, which would combine cardiac massage with a defibrillator.
Contact :
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