An inter-institutional meeting was held about the “ADU Central Campus Automatic External Defibrillator (OED) Placement Project”, which will be put into operation within the scope of the cooperation protocol between our university and ASELSAN. Automatic External Defibrillator (OED) stations will be installed in 15 different areas of the central campus in the first stage of the project initiated within the scope of scientific research project support of our university.
In the meeting attended by Prof. Dr. Cemal İyem, Vice-Rector of our University, and Prof. Dr. Mücahit Avcil, Advisor to the Rector and Chief Physician of our University Hospital, Nil Ateş from ASELSAN Health Systems Program Directorate made a presentation on the subject.
In the project prepared by the faculty members of the Department of Emergency Medicine of our University Hospital with the support of the scientific research fund, OED stations will be installed in 15 different areas on the campus according to the calculations made using student density maps. Within the scope of the protocol signed by ASELSAN and our University, “Heartline Fully Automatic External Defibrillator” produced by ASELSAN and “URUK” satellite tracking system technology will be used to track these devices.
Prof. Dr. Mücahit Avcil, Chief Physician of our University, who made statements about the project, said: “Automatic External Defibrillator (OED) devices are a device that can detect the patient's heart rhythm and give an electroshock wave to correct the fatal rhythm disorder when necessary, or if the electroshock wave is not necessary, it is a device that audibly directs and manages the person who will apply first aid. These devices are placed in crowded and densely populated places such as airports, stadiums, airplanes, shopping malls and are used to safely return the patient's heartbeat back to normal in cases such as sudden cardiac arrest. Another important feature is to accurately detect people who have collapsed on the ground due to simple fainting, seizures or collapse, but whose heart is beating, and to direct rescuers correctly. In other words, it can accurately (99.7% of the time) distinguish the heartbeat of a patient lying on the floor, while at the same time performing CPR and electroshock for a patient whose heart has stopped. In other cases, it prevents unnecessary CPR by correctly guiding the rescuer. The Heartline OED device, another device produced by ASELSAN, is produced entirely with domestic and national technology and has the highest level of technology among similar devices. It is a device with superior features thanks to its state-of-the-art and error-free rhythm detection system, easy and user-friendly features, 5-year battery life, and satellite tracking system (URUK). Within the scope of the project, it is planned to deploy OED devices in places determined by calculations, provide online cardiopulmonary training to our students and professors, open stands to inform students and work with student clubs.”
One of the executives of the project, Department of Emergency, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yunus Emre Özlüer, said, “First aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, which we call cardiopulmonary resuscitation, can be safely taught to all our people and all our students with short trainings. OED devices are a very important part of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation process and after being attached to the patient, they guide the rescuer accurately with audio and video, making things extremely easy and preventing the hesitation of rescuers. Sudden cardiac arrest is thought not to happen to us. However, we are all potential patients for these disorders. With these trainings and devices, survival rates in cases of sudden cardiac arrest can be greatly increased.”
Emphasizing the importance of the cooperation between our University and ASELSAN by emphasizing how important first aid is and that knowing first aid is a life-saving move, Rector of our University Prof. Dr. Bülent Kent said: “With the ‘heimlich maneuver’ that we have constantly encountered recently, the importance of first aid has come to the agenda again and it has been seen that it would be good to make more comprehensive trainings and advances in both schools and other public institutions. Our university, with the responsibility of being a science center, has focused on this issue and a project that can be an example for public institutions in our country has been prepared. With the widespread use of OED devices and their placement in schools, university campuses and public institutions, dozens of lives can be saved. In a country where the public is effectively trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and where OED devices are widely available, the chance of survival of a person whose heart stops is 35%, while in our country this rate is around 2%. With these and similar projects, the loss of our children, young productive society and our loved ones can be easily prevented.”
Rector of our University Prof. Dr. Bülent Kent said, “Our University has taken another important step by cooperating with ASELSAN, which supports the development of our country by producing domestic and national devices in the field of health after the great breakthroughs it has made in the defense industry. Thanks to such collaborations, which allow universities to keep up with technological developments and produce innovative solutions in cooperation with the industry, both the scientific potential of our University increases and enables organizations in the industry to develop more effective solutions to their projects. I wish it to be beneficial for both institutions.”
