Walking ambulance, Volvo establishes the first official AED alliance in the automotive industry
On January 20, CCTV's "Newsweek" reported on the new model of Shenzhen 120 first aid - "rescue" in front of you, the report said, "At the end of 2023, on MTR (Shenzhen) Line 4, a male passenger just sat down, his head slid back and the seat was lying on the ground. Enthusiastic passengers touch the intercom to ask for help from the train driver. One minute later, the train stopped at Qinghu North Station, and in the emergency situation where the golden rescue time was only four minutes, the stationmaster on duty at Qinghu North Station of MTR (Shenzhen) quickly arrived at the scene and immediately performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and asked his colleagues to go to pick up the AED as soon as possible. After the AED was installed, evaluated, and defibrillated, the patient was rescued from danger. ”
The report also mentioned that as of the end of last year, there were 43,397 AEDs in Shenzhen, ranking first in the country in terms of coverage. AED is an automated external defibrillator, a medical device that can be used by non-medical professionals after a short training to rescue cardiac arrest caused by ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia. It is generally placed in public places such as airports, subway stations, schools, shopping malls, cinemas, and stadiums. Many people here will ask, "The current AED equipment is placed in a fixed place, can the equipment be put on the car?"
In recent years, many car owners have spontaneously put on-board AEDs in their cars and become mobile rescue stations.
There is an AED in the car, which can be accessed through the window in case of emergency
A few years ago, there was a social news report on a car AED to save people, the owner of the car was a doctor, the car was equipped with a car AED, on a way to work, successfully rescued a middle-aged man who suddenly fainted during a morning run.
Later, I paid special attention to cars, and in the past two years, I also found that more and more private cars are labeled with "AED in the car, which can be used through broken windows in case of emergency", and then, I searched on the Internet and found that the owner of the car equipped with AED is not an exception.
Vehicle-mounted AEDs are automated external defibrillators (AEDs) that are installed on specific vehicles such as ambulances, fire trucks, and private cars to allow for rapid CPR in an emergency. Compared to fixed AEDs, vehicle-mounted AEDs can arrive at the scene more quickly and can continue CPR while the patient is being taken to the hospital, complementing fixed AEDs.
The first official AED coalition was formed, which was the mobile first aid post
Although more and more private car owners are installing on-board AEDs in their cars, will ordinary car owners use them unless the car owner is a doctor or a member of the rescue team? Volvo has thought of this and started to take action.
Recently, Volvo Cars launched the "Volvo AED Road Messenger" recruitment across the country, aiming to help car owners master first aid knowledge and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills through offline professional first aid training and AED operation training. After passing the assessment and successfully completing the course, the owner will join the Volvo AED Road Messenger Alliance, obtain professional AED equipment, as well as special car stickers for the Messenger Alliance, and in the future, use the car as a carrier to provide rescue to others in critical situations. The first batch of recruitment will cover 6 cities in Shanghai, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Changchun and Xi'an, and it is planned to recruit 60 people.
In fact, before the launch of this alliance, Volvo, which puts safety first, has begun to take action in the field of on-board AEDs, and in 2019, Volvo launched the Volvo Lifesaver project together with WPP in the Netherlands. On March 26, 2023, the Volvo Health Angel Running Group "Angel Road" public welfare program jointly launched by the Shanghai Medical and Health Development Foundation and Volvo Cars displayed a car with the words "There is an AED in the car, if you need help, please stop me!" The slogan Volvo C40 has a professional AED and a medical first aid kit in the trunk. The establishment of the AED alliance shows that Volvo will start to promote mobile AED in an all-round way, so that every Volvo will become a mobile first-aid station and bring a sense of security to everyone around them.
To provide users and society with a sense of security, Volvo's safety can be trusted
According to statistics, there are as many as 550,000 sudden cardiac deaths in mainland China every year, ranking first in the world, but the rescue success rate of cardiac arrest is less than 1%. On average, 1,500 people die from cardiac arrest every day, and about 90% of these accidents occur outside hospitals. For a patient in cardiac arrest, the golden time to save a life is only 4 minutes, and if the first responder around the patient can quickly perform high-quality CPR and defibrillation with an AED within four minutes, the patient's survival rate can be increased by 50% to 70%.
Volvo Cars, as the only car company in the industry that has officially taken the lead in establishing an AED alliance, the joint efforts of enterprises and brand owners have a positive significance and benchmarking role in promoting the construction of AED fleets, and at the same time are committed to contributing to the whole society, passing on great love and fraternity, and delivering a full sense of security.
Over the past 97 years, Volvo Cars has been promoting the innovation and application of travel safety technologies to create the safest products. Volvo Cars insists on sharing safety technologies such as "cage safety body" and "three-point seat belt" with the world free of charge, and has saved millions of lives so far.
Conclusion:
Since the establishment of the Volvo brand 97 years ago, the "sense of safety" has always been carried out from safe products, to the protection of people in the car, to the protection of pedestrians outside the car. Now, Volvo's safety "ambition" has a new goal - to save more people, the establishment of the AED Alliance, Volvo Cars hopes that all owners have the ability to help others, in times of crisis to lend a helping hand, so that every life can feel the power of love, protect the whole society "sense of security". The world will be a better place!