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Originally Posted by Mikitv
Our neighborhood just bought two AED's. About 23 of us went to the classes that the fire department teaches. The new AED's take you right through all the steps. The information they give for our area of Florida is way ahead of the nation in saving peoples lives. The most important thing we were taught was to start the compression's right away and keep doing them until EMS responds. You just might save a life and could be your own family.
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Our neighborhood hasn't purchased ours yet. We heard the presentation but haven't gotten around to signing people up.
On Tuesday new neighbors moved in. They both had not lived here before, didn't know any one in TV and had met a few of us at the Christmas party for the first time and went home to await the completion of their new home.
On Friday (yesterday) after spending just three days in their new home, the husband had a heart attack and one of our neighbors performed compressins until the EMS came. They used the AED and even injected his heart to no avail. He passed on. We are all so sad for her as I know anyone who reads this will be.
Prayers for her please, and for him too.
And all of you think about having a defribillator in your neighborhood. No one KNOWS when it will be needed. We are so glad some of our neighbors had already started training and one was able to do compressions until the EMS arrived.