PFosterRN

Please do not delete your story! The story you have just told is true not for one facility but almost every facility. The only way we can be prepared for the unexpected is to learn, practice, train, and learn again. I have been teaching ACLS and PALS for 30+ years. As a business we do mock codes for free standing facilities and almost every time we take on a new client they are clueless as to how to run a code in their location and where the equipment is located or how to use it. Most training is reactive and not proactive. We as nurses must demand time and energy be put towards GOOD education and training in how to respond to save a person's life. Remember our patients are someone's mother, father, sister, brother. It is our job to care for them the best we can and we can only do this if we are prepared. Again your story is what I hear all the time. Please do not delete it. Maybe one nurse will read it and say wow I don't know where our AED is either, maybe I should find out. And the comment from the front desk person when you asked for the AED, is exactly what everyone says when I ask if they have an AED onsight. "A what?" This needs to stop happening and AEDs should be front and center, ready for use, and not hard to find. Thank you for venting, maybe it will save someone's life! Pamela Foster, RN