home AEDs often worth it

[danny burstein]

"... Nationwide, only 6% to 10% of cardiac arrest patients who need such a
shock are saved by typical emergency medical services response because 911
systems rarely can get help to a person within six minutes, the crucial
window for saving a cardiac arrest patient.

The cardiac arrest survival rate in study homes equipped with an AED was
33% - and two neighbors who were not participants in the study also were
saved...

rest:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-04-01-defibrillators-home_N.htm?csp=34

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