Hey ya'll!! After some mild discussion and the putting of my apprentice foot down, we got a CPR/First Aid/AED Program started here at work. I was a medic for 4 years before coming here, I brought it up, and now I got the responsability of the training hahaha. Anyways, was curious if anyone here was familiar with the safety practices of using an AED while on a steel tower? I'm assuming that since contact is being made with the steel that any charge delivered by the AED could easily track to the steel, either dispersing that shock or causing some damage to the injured man. Any input? Fired off some emails to the manufacturer of our AEDs and still waiting on a reply.
Also, whenever we transfer off to the towers, we are wearing our Faraday Suits. For anyone out there who doesn't know, its your typical barehand suit, socks, gloves, bibs, and jacket made of a combination of Nomex and Stainless Steel. Now the idiot proof answer would be to completely remove the suit prior to delivering the shock, but any ideas about trying to remove the gloves and socks as well as the top and bottoms?
Thanks ya'll!