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Originally Posted by Kenswing
I’m sorry to hear of your wife’s experience but an AED would have done her no good. An AED is only used for sudden cardiac arrest. The neighborhood AED program wouldn’t have even been notified of your wife’s condition unless you told the dispatcher that your wife wasn’t breathing. The D in AED stands for defibrillator. It will only deliver a shock to stop ventricular fibrillation.
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Not true just because wife was breathing doesn’t mean she wasn’t on the verge of Cardiac arrest. Unless you are expressing that each caller needs to professionally diagnose exactly what the event, is. And the AED program instructs volunteers to make diagnoses telepathically.
Did OP state “My wife is having a Stroke? “ not a Cardiac Event, most likely not.
The Only Time an AED Volunteer should not be called is If the 911 caller Tells Dispatch “Do Not Notify”. Dispatch should also Not make the determination if a volunteer AED is needed. A non professional especially one that is emotionally involved isn’t going to refuse help.
All Three times I have used 911. I stated “Do Not Activate AED” volunteers. Of course not all Dispatch, will abide by the request.