Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: automated defibrillators, again

[Muriel Kranowski (murielk]

Yes, but people keep bringing AED up as something we should invest in. 
Statistics and probabilities don't seem to influence them as much as the 
idea that "we could save a life!!!"

I'd like our members to at least be aware of the financial commitment 
they'd be making.
   Muriel

At 05:42 PM 10/17/2013, you wrote:
> > This is again being considered for our CH and I'd like to know what the
> > annual maintenance costs are likely to be. Also, is it true that a unit
> > will have to be replaced after 5 years?
>
> I wrote on this before but --  We had a group who very much wanted this. 
> In the end they decided against it because the training to use it and 
> likelihood that you would use it properly were very low. They didn't ask 
> the equipment manufacturer - they asked doctors and nurses. Even in 
> hospitals they are not used properly all the time.
>
> My personal reasoning has to do with statistics. They have to be used 
> within a very few minutes in order to effective. If it is stored in the 
> CH, how long will i take to realize that someone is having a heart attack 
> and then get to the CH and back with the equipment and a person knows how 
> to use it if you don't? Our CH is almost a block away from the other end 
> of the community.
>
> How likely is it that someone will be in the CH when having a heart attack?
>
> Sharon
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> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org
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