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Old 04-16-2013, 10:25 AM
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Every minute after a respiratory/coronary attack you lose 10% of your chance to live. 911 is excellent, but sometimes they are out at another call so you the response may not come from your closest emergency center. The AED program provides CPR by a trained neighbor responder until another trained neighbor responder comes with the AED. This can be a life saver until the medics arrive and take over. You hope you never need it, but it is a reasonably priced life insurance policy to have at your access in your neighbobrhood. We all have our activities, meals out, Happy Hours, shopping, trips out of the Villages, so many ways we spend our dollars. This is one investment that is long term and life saving. I encourage people to support them in the Village community.