It seems a scam to me. When we moved in, the guy down the street with the AED in his yard showed up immediately to collect his $100 and we never heard from him again.
Three years later, my wife had an apparent heart attack (which turned out to be a blood cot). Even though the fire department is less two blocks away and the AED guy half a block, it took 20 minutes for an ambulance to get there (and not the one from the nearby fire station). Nobody ever showed up with an AED. Thank God it wasn't a real heart attack!
When the EMT's moved her to the Ambulance, the clot moved to her brain and caused a stroke. They recommended HCA Ocala as the best stroke center. It took them half an hour to get there. It took me 45 minutes. In the emergency room, I asked the receptionist to buzz me in the door. She glared at me and ordered me to sit down and wait my turn. A few minutes later, a face appeared in the window, saw me there and called my name. I found my wife somewhat more coherent than when last I'd seen her, but still stroking out. A guy came up to me and asked permission to administer a clot buster. I said "they didn't do that in the ambulance"? He said no, they were worried about a brain bleed. I asked if they'd scanned for a bleed. They said yes, no bleed , and they could see the clot. I asked them, "Then what the hell are you waiting for!". He said they needed my permission (to save my wife's life!). So I signed a paper and they gave her the clot buster. The effect was almost immediate. And amazingly, she somehow survived an hour or more with a clot in her brain, with no apparent damage today. I credit divine intervention. It certainly had nothing to do with Florida healthcare. WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN in all my 71 years!
But I'm sure that guy with the AED in his yard, paid for by his neighbors, will have a much different story to report, on the day of his heart attack
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