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Old 03-30-2024, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by rustyp View Post
In a community with a 6 minute response time by full time paramedics a neighborhood CPR training initiative would be much more beneficial than AED implementation. By the time a neighbor runs to retrieve the AED the paramedics are there. That time was better spent administering CPR.
If you read the other AED thread, you would know that protocol dictates that the initial responder starts CPR (if needed) and the SECOND volunteer responder gets the AED...

You just don't leave the person to die and wander off to fetch the AED...