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Last year I got a chance to watch
the new "Star Wars" movie,
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which was fantastic,
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but one thing kept bugging me.
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I don't know if you guys
notice this or not.
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In this entirely technically
advanced world,
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I did not see a single AED anywhere,
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which was totally shocking.
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Almost as shocking
as not knowing what an AED is,
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which you guys do know,
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but for those at home,
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an AED is an automated
external defribillator.
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It's the device you use when
you heart goes into cardiac arrest
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to shock it back into a normal rhythm.
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Or as one of the guys I was
teaching a class to
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referred to it as "The shocky
hearty-box thing."
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(Laughter)
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But I really can't blame the empire,
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since health and safety regulations
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aren't really their first
order of business.
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Though --
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even if we,
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I think worse than not having an AED,
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would be if there was one there,
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but just, no one knew where to find it.
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These devices can drastically increase
you chance of survival --
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almost like a Tauntaun [on hoff].
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(Laughter)
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But I'm pretty sure
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that that storm trooper
s going to be toast
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regardless if we have an AED or not.
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Since what happens is the chest plate
is going to be quite hard to get off,
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and like that Tauntaun,
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the AED has a very short window of time
at which it's highly effective.
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In this case, around basically about --
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we've got to use it
within the first 10 minutes.
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The Jedi on the other hand have
no problems with their outfit.
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Those robes open straight up,
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you can place the pads
right onto the chest,
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so upper-right-hand-side of the chest,
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lower-left,
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wait for the unit to determine
if the [shock will rhythm]
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and get ready to shock.
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But, the Jedi do have one problem.
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They have a head appendage issue,
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and so I can be totally clear,
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thinking I'm ready to go,
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but I'm accidentally touching a tentacle
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and inadvertently shocking myself.
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(Laughter)
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So before you hit that button,
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make sure you are clear,
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and everyone else is clear.
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Going back to that storm trooper,
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if I did get that chest plate off in time,
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what would you do
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if you suddenly found there was
a Wookie under there?
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Or possibly two Ewoks?
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(Laughter)
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Well, luck for us,
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in the kit there's actually a razor,
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and we can use that to shave the chest
on the upper right-hand side
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and the lower left.
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Wookies also have another problem.
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They have an accessory issue.
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What we want to do is that we
want to remove these --
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anything between the two pads
we want to remove
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since it can cause
something called [arcing].
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For those who don't know what arcing is,
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do you remember the emperor,
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when he shoots electricity
out the ends of his fingers --
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(Laughter)
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That would be kind of like arching.
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Another thing --
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by the way,
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he creates that by wearing
wool socks under his robes.
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(Laughter)
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We can also get arcing if we have
and extremely wet chest.
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The electricity travels across the surface
instead of through the heart.
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We can correct this with the
immortal words of Douglas Adams,
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"Don't panic,"
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which most of us have done today --
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(Laughter)
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and also always having a towel.
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So, good words to live by.
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The metal bikini --
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unfortnuately, this is where
panic sets in --
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like the modern bra,
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we have to make sure we remove,
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because this can cause
severe arching along with burns.
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But unfortunately this opens up an issue
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that's almost as controversial
as talking about the prequels.
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(Laughter)
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The mere mention of the word nipples
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and people get into a little
bit of a tizzy --
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by the way,
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that is not a nipple, that's a cupcake.
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So --
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(Laughter)
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Chances are,
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if you do have to use this,
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this is going to be on someone you know.
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And remember, everyone has nipples --
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except for Jaba.
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(Laughter)
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But he does love cupcakes.
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Speaking of Jaba,
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if we do have to use an AED on him,
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remember pad placement is the same,
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even though he doesn't have nipples.
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So it's going to be upper-right hand side,
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lower left.
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The preferred method,
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if we were going through shocking,
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getting ready to go --
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after we've done the shock,
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one of the things we need to do
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is remember to do compression.
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The preferred method of compression
is 30 compressions and two breaths
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in the center of the chest,
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between the nipples,
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pressing down at least two inches,
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no more than two-and-a-half,
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at a rate of at least 100 beats a minute,
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no more than 120.
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Unfortunately, due to the size
of Jaba's mouth,
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and also what he puts in said mouth,
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we may not want to actually sort of ...
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do the mouth-to-mouth part,
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so instead we can do
compression-only CPR.
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The way of remembering
the compression-only part
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is we can actually use the imperial march.
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(Laughter)
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I would sing it for you,
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unfortunately,
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that would be more something
that interrogation droid would do.
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Yoda.
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Small little guy,
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like a baby.
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What we do is we basically
treat him like a baby
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in the sense that we're going to put
one pad in the center of the chest
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and one in the back.
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If we place them both in the front,
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they can either be too close
and cause severe arcing,
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so we want to avoid that.
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Hopefully this helped to clarify
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and put some light on some
of the darker issues
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of using an AED in the Star Wars universe,
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or any universe in total.
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I'll leave you with one point.
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Remember, if you do find yourself
dealing with a Wookiee,
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do not shave the entire Wookiee.
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This takes way too much time,
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and it only pisses them off.
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(Laughter)
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Thank you very much.
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(Applause)