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Originally Posted by Villages PL
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.
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If you ask any Dr in the ER or Cardiologist they will tell you that a persons "chance" of survival increases immensely if CPR is started right away. Adding an AED increases it more. But it depends on what is going on with the patient. Not all cardiac arrests survive. But they have a better chance. Read the American Heart Assoc. literature and it goes into more details. Yes, meds do help but if the patient is not profused for the 3-5 mins or longer it takes EMS to get there then all the meds in the world won't help. That is why there is such a huge gap between the national average and The Villages. There are other towns and localities in the country that also do the same thing as here. AED and CPR volunteers in The Villages works. How would anyone know if AED's and CPR volunteers work? Ask someone who survived! It only takes one!