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Originally Posted by Red Rose
AEDS are only as good as the response time of a "captain". There are usually more than 1 in a neighborhood, I'd course. There is an AED in our neighborhood, but since those people who organized and collected the money for it have moved away several years ago, who knows who is in charge or if there are any volunteer "captains" around anymore or if the defibrillator is attached to that house anymore. We have had a lot of turnover in our neighborhood through the years, so I'm pretty sure everything fell by the wayside. Big waste of money in our situation.
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Please become informed about how the system works in response to cardiac arrest in our community. The captain is only a coordinator. All volunteer responders are equally qualified and trained. If you have AEDs located in your village there are active providers also available there. Maybe you would like to volunteer and help your neighbors?