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Originally Posted by Bryant (Post 835453)

Is there a listing of where neighborhood difibulators are located. I have been here 10 yrs and never heard a mention of it.

You really don't have to know where they are located to have it benefit you. Here's how it works in our neighborhood. One of my neighbors is a retired nurse and she spearheaded the effort to get one in our neighborhood. Those that wanted to kick in money did so...those that didn't want to kick in did not. We had a class on how to use them and we got some folks from the neighborhood that volunteered to be first responders. The AED in our neighborhood is kept locked in a box hanging from a fence by the parking area. The first responders have a key to the box. When someone in the neighborhood calls 911, all the first responders get a text message and a phone call directing them to that house. They go and retrieve the AED and hurry to the house. So, even if you don't know where it is in your neighborhood, and even if you didn't kick in for the cost, you will benefit. The only thing to determine is if you have one in your neighborhood. If you don't perhaps you can be the one to talk to your neighbors about it. I can just assume that this is how it works in other neighborhoods also.

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Originally Posted by BarryRX (Post 835582)

Yep, that's how it's supposed to work in our neighborhood also. We all hope we never have to find out though. I suggested that we paint a big black X on the door or driveway of the people that didn't feel that this was necessary. That went over like a screen door in a submarine.

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Originally Posted by BarryRX (Post 835582)

The only thing to determine is if you have one in your neighborhood. If you don't perhaps you can be the one to talk to your neighbors about it.

Barry, that is why some of us are looking for a link to a list of which neighborhoods have AEDs.

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Originally Posted by Happydaz (Post 835207)

So I see.

See what?

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Originally Posted by getdul981 (Post 835496)

VPL should have a Medic Alert bracelet that says DNR, since he feels that AEDs are unnecessary. I would hate to think that I had wasted my time doing CPR on someone that didn't want it. Just think, I might be sued for saving someone's life.

You must have been reading my mind, I was just getting ready to start a new thread on this subject. I might still do it.

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Originally Posted by getdul981
VPL should have a Medic Alert bracelet that says DNR, since he feels that AEDs are unnecessary. I would hate to think that I had wasted my time doing CPR on someone that didn't want it. Just think, I might be sued for saving someone's life.

A medic alert bracelet won't work. You must see official paperwork to be a DNR. But In most cases as good Samaritans you would not be held responsible if you did do something to save that persons life.