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Originally Posted by HMLRHT1
Foodcritic, actually I was off on my statement. According to The Villages Public Safety/Fire Dept here is their statement. The survival rate for sudden cardiac arrest in The Villages Fl last year was 44% – about 7 times the national average of only 6%. Contributing to this high survival rate are the many Villagers taking CPR training – over 2000 last year and over 7000 in the last five years; and neighborhood CPR/AED Programs – currently 44 with 8 more in training. I'd say they are pretty damn good percentages.
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Maybe I'm not understanding this but I think percentages can be misleading. How much of that success is due to neighboorhood AEDs? How would anyone be able to know that? I vaguely remember calling someone to inquire about this a long time ago. And I was told that much of the survival rate is due to factors other than neighborhood AEDs. I think it had something to do with medications being administered in the ambulance rather than waiting to get to the ER doctor.