[skyking]

Originally Posted by mikeod

Since you feel the figures are suspect, consider this. What do you think the national stats would look like if every community, every neighborhood, had AEDs and teams organized, trained, and easily notified automatically by phone and text message through the 911 system? And these teams can be at the side of the victim within a couple of minutes to begin CCR and evaluate the patient through the AED to see if shock is advised. Since every minute without care reduces the chances of recovery, wouldn't a system like increase the recovery results beyond what we see commonly now nationwide? Because what I described is exactly what we have in my neighborhood, and, I suspect, in other neighborhoods around TV.

My comparison is with "in hospital" rates. I am sure our program exceeds national "out of hospital rates".