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Originally Posted by rustyp
You just added an extra step between 6 and 7.You can't retrieve the AED if you are doing CPR. Now you are going to say another volunteer is getting the AED. We will need to coordinate golf, pickle ball, rec center classes . etc. to make sure we have the coverage.
Change add or delete the steps. The point was we have a 6 minute response time here in TV by paramedics. I also stated the payback would be CPR training. It's a very small chance you will beat the paramedics to the AED button push step.
My opinion (which allowed until you can produce the time data I requested) is
- The AED in a TV volunteer situation is more a placebo than a life saver. It's not likely to be used but has to be maintained.
- Spend your efforts getting neighbors CPR trained. That's where 99% of the payback will come from.
I wish people would learn to read - go back - reread! The list was intended for the reader to assign time to steps to illustrate how likely or unlikely neighbors would beat paramedics in TV to the AED - not CPR.
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I agree with you - unfortunately from a direct personal experience. The AED which was across from my house two houses down, so let’s say 60 steps away, arrived too late and these people were at home and came immediately. That does not mean the system never works, just don’t count on it alone.
I also slept with my door open, for the first time in my life. My EMS neighbor said to call 911 (and they call him as he is closest) because I was having a difficult time breathing from grief and shock. After losing what I valued most in life, burglary would have been a drop in the bucket. It was my neighbors, through their caring and kindness who really saved my life, and yes I would certainly fund an AED if they wanted one.