Mark Laurnen
Senior Member
Good grief. In circumstances of sudden cardiac arrest, an AED is likely THE ONLY effective lifesaving therapy PERIOD Are they costly (?) ... that’s relative, probably about the cost of a tank of fuel. If things go bad quickly you had better have the best means to treat them quickly, time to tertiary treatment is not important if you don’t survive the initial insult. Having a history of significant cardiac disease definitely ups the ante. That said, as an anesthesiologist I’ve seen people die ... and stay dead, despite an AED and every other currently recommended resuscitation intervention. Get one and sleep better, even if you don’t live longer.