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Originally Posted by thelegges
...At 2am in the morning I have never witnessed anyone answering phone call, getting dressed, driving, finding the house in the dark, entering if the door is unlocked, in less than 9 minutes.
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Most of the country is handled by volunteer fire departments.
Someone usually arrives quickly. Rarely more than a couple minutes. Get CPR started. That's the critical milestone - care withing 4 minutes.
As more people arrive in a few more minutes, they can swap over doing CPR - it's very physically exhausting when done right. It's not like television.
When the AED arrives, it gets used.
Volunteers (neighbors) know their neighborhood and can find addresses fast. That is what works here.
If anyone here looks at PulsePoint when an ambulance goes by, and looks at the time for the call, the response time is easy to figure out. For the PAID responders, sitting ready to roll, rarely do I see a sub 5 minute response time at any time of day. That's a serious problem. Warrants investigation IMHO.
So the AED program, with the volunteers, is super important here.
That alone should convince neighbors to buy into the program.