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Originally Posted by Shadywood
Going from memory here, but the Sun had a recent story that talked about AED's, and I believe they said you have a 60% chance of surviving a heart attack in the Villages, but only 40% elsewhere, largely due to the AED's and the fact that your neighbors who are trained to use them get the 911 call the same time the ambulance does.
Our neighborhood recently took up a collection to replace some of ours that were expiring. The $5 they were asking seemed like awfully cheap heart attack insurance to me. I didn't even realize we had them. What an amazing place to live! Can anyone imagine their neighborhood back home doing this?
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As I've stated thing are often spun. As far as Villagers being more likely to survive a heart attack it may have nothing to do with AED's. Younger people are far less likely to survive a heart attack than older people.
As far as $5.00 the batteries are $400. We have two, at least one more than we might need. We were asked for and paid far more than $5.00.