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Originally Posted by mulligan
With the 4 to 4-1/2 minute response times everywhere in the villages, I'll wait for the EMT's thank you.
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That's fine it is your life.
It IS NOT 4 - 4 1/2 minutes from the moment the need for care until the administration of AED care. It is 4 1/2 minutes after you locate your phone, place the call, the 911 operator understands the need for what type of response, and the first responders to enter your home, locate the patient, to deploy the unit. Easily this increases the time in excess of 6 minutes.
4 - 4 1/2 minutes response rate is award winning not to be be diminished by my comments. It is, however, longer than deployment of an in home AED. Longer deployment equates to higher death rate. Nothing, no opinion, no argument, can change this fact.