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Old 05-07-2025, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Kenswing View Post
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.
OF COURSE IT WOULD HAVE DONE NO GOOD! And thank heavens for that! If it had been an actual heart attack, SHE'D BE DEAD because NOBODY EVER SHOWED UP when I called 911 and TOLD THEM MY WIFE WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK!

The only guy benefiting from the AED that my entire neighborhood paid for is the guy with the AED in his front yard.