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Originally Posted by mtdjed
In the time of COVID, I wonder if you would get volunteers to man the AEDs. The neighborhood AED program is silent. I believe there was a memo sent to community AED groups advising Judgement and caution. Not well communicated to neighborhood families.
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I am certified to use an AED and have been for at least a decade. I know a number of people who are as well.
If you want to know if people would volunteer, the answer is yes. I'm not part of a TV AED program because I'm not full time TV yet, but I don't know of any of the people I've ever trained with who would let someone die of sudden cardiac arrest on the chance that they might catch covid. Starting a while ago, rescue breaths were optional, and not really advised without a barrier or filter anyway. Chest compressions move air in and out, so with PPE the risk isn't that big anyway.