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Originally Posted by Blueblaze
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.
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A heart attack and cardiac arrest are two different things. A heart attack is generally muscular or circulatory in nature. In other words it's muscle damage or a blockage. Cardiac arrest is electrical. The brain has basically lost control of the heart's rhythm. You can have a heart attack and still be conscious and breathing. If you're in cardiac arrest you're basically dead. CPR is used to keep oxygenated blood flowing to the brain to keep it alive long enough for the defibrillator to do its job.
Now if you're saying that the Fire Department didn't show up when you called, that's a problem. If you're saying that the neighborhood AED team didn't show up, they weren't supposed to.