As a Registered Nurse- I can tell you that some type of intervention is better than waiting for EMS. An AED will not save a life in Respiratory Arrest- however will assist in getting more people at the scene to assist quickly. Train yourself in correct ways to perform CPR along with the use of AED.
Of course people have better survival rates in hospital-our response time is seconds with highly qualified people who have access to multiple pieces of equipment to save lives every day.
I hope that TV AED program continues to grow and educate more people on quick responses can actually save a life. We live in a community with age as a factor (if the only factor) to have a cardiac event. You can be quite healthy and your own genetic profile will result in some type of cardiac event which increases the odds with age.
One life saved in The Villages is worth having one in each neighborhood.
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