I wanted to make reference to this item in one of my latest posts and was gobsmacked when I couldn’t find it… and still can’t.
If this is a repeat, I apologise, however, I feel that even if it is, a more recent reminder percolated to the top, would not be too out of place.
I posted it on LJ in Jan 2020 and unashamedly drag it across to post it here, even if it may be a duplicate.
The letter drop (closing LJ statements) never eventuated due to police advise, and I am fortunate to report I haven’t had the need or opportunity to deploy it to date or reevaluate my 5* rating.
FAIW, today the battery active light is still blinking green (the green is from underexposure in a dark entrance hall at 10:00pm, and not the radiation leakout from the unit), after all these years, though I feel it's a tad close to replacement. I have changed the pads, albeit far too late after their expiry date.
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As a lot of us are reaching our senior years, this "Review" may save your life.
This is more a review of a concept rather than a full evaluation of a product. If you read on, you'll understand and if you leave I'll certainly understand.
Up front, I haven't used the product as of yet and hope it won't be on me. Consequently, this review is based on hearsay and what little reading I have done.
Last Christmas day, 25th. Dec 2019 (and because of the time difference I expect the date to be different (format) in the States)… I was listening to talk back radio discussing listeners' presents (that morning). One 70+ year old couple said they bought each other a defibrillator… I echoed with the host, "one each"?… DOH! They then informed us that one was for the normal residence and the other for the holiday house.
Damn, I thought, what a great idea and ordered one on the internet in an instant. I hope I will never have the need to use it or used on me, but if I did I'd be eternally grateful… A friend later smirked and remarked it may not be much use for me… to which I replied… if you needed it, you'd be bloody grateful I had one.
Anyway, it has just arrived in two boxes… one big bugger and one bigger one,
I expected the need for 3 phase 'lectricity… runs off a bloody battery… DOH! But then so do tasers. Needless to say, I didn't do any preliminary reading prior to ordering so I had no idea what physical dimensions to expect… The smaller box was the defib' and the big box, the wall cabinet… well now I know (the dimensions).
Firstly I had to make room on the wall, so that ski "champion" (still skiing down that paddock) from the 1980 Australian Grass-Ski Championships had to move places,
Mounted the cabinet on the wall and after drilling the brickwork
nearly got the chance to self-test it. Connected the flashing warning light and siren, and nearly got my second test opportunity when it was activated… louder than the 2 screamers from my home surveillance alarms. The alarm had its own replaceable battery which can optionally be activated when the door is opened.
Checked out the AED (Automated External Defibrillator),
(it has not been setup yet as I need to do a bucketload of reading first… and you know about me and reading)…
Put it into the cabinet for show and the picture shoot,
and threw up a "cheat sheet" poster in case of emergencies,
and proceeded to do this write up….
Unfortunately not much more can be said before its maiden use other than initialising/setting-up has been implemented, however, I can say it's already set-up and you'd be none the wiser unless you visited me now, had a cardiac and I couldn't zap you… yet. However, rest assured that once initialised, it basically walks the user through the motions.
As we get older, consider… it's comes in a pretty Woodpeckersred colour… though not aluminium or in a systainer. It cost $2,195 (Aust) and I'd rather be $2,195 poorer tomorrow, rather than have $2,195 more in my inheritance pot while the benefactors toss dirt on my pine box.
FAIW. My intentions over the next few days is to consider a letter drop to selective members/friends/professionals in the neighbourhood… hmmm?
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If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
First of all, why do u need a defib? Did you buy some new Woodpecker and Festool and it is weighing on your heart? Lets see those!!!
Second of all, aren't you alone most of time? I was certified to use one of those for many years and u can't use that on urself....if you are worried about the big one, get a life alert type thing...a button to press for 911...or what ever a 911 version in AUS is...
They’re pretty dummy proof. Either written and pictorial description inside the lid you have to open, or there’s a recorded script that speaks to you when you open the lid. They’re really about as easy to use as it gets…
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
If you happen to take the dog for a walk without a doo doo bag, and it craps on the footpath of a neighborhood... if you have a conscince and guilt bestows a cardiac upon you... you'd be glad that the residence you're in front of has one of these gizmo... and the owner(s) is/are home.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
Sudden death isn't a joke if you are the "sudden one" laying on the ground. My last job had me medically in charge of a industrial complex, that was spread over several square miles of ground. My approach was none further than a 3 minute walk/jog, so we ended up with 27 of those babies. During the 7 years I was there we quick saved 14 peeps. I know those folks, and their families were pretty happy with the end results.
They are made totally in mind with a person just walking by, seeing an event occur, and just start opening it up. The Heartsavers essentially talk you through what to do, and after pad placement, just look to see what it suggests. Based on prompts from the unit it monitors, or suggests shocks. A class to teach 30 peeps how to use one usually took me 1/2 hour, and a lot of our saves were from folks who would never in their life think they would be defibrillating a dead peep back to life In house they obviously need a victim, and a person to run the unit, but they have youths who have done this, to peeps over 90 documented, so they are really a first step approach to any cardiac sudden death, which almost always start in V tach, V fib, scenario, which is what they serve.
In home I think they biggest drawback is probably price versus value/worth. As you said a hefty price if never used, but how many times have you heard, Dad died at 47 of a heart attack, that metric can be served. Anyone having sport events. My Wife runs, and I cannot remember the times she came home, saying remember XYZ? He died at the finish line today. Huge market, mostly unclaimed, and price is probably the biggest factor. If I had any kind of store I would have one. In our litigious society, we are probably not far from liability if you don't have one, because they are available. Could have, should have, law.
Kind of like smoke or CO detectors. Better to have and not need.....
Can you imagine a harbor freight version? Cost maybe $100, but audio instructions in broken English for US customers or bizarre pictoglyph symbols like cleaning instruction labels on clothes. T'would not end well.
Boys, Girls and smart family pets.... Go to your wardrobe and admire the clothes hanging and SWMBOs shoes for 100 feet, the garage and the mighty power wagon, the wine rack/cellar and the lack of cheapo-cask-o-vino, the workshop and admire the absence of Fe$tool for other imitation tools only a few shekels cheaper, the kids you pay through uni/college/rehab that will probably finish up on the dole and living at home forever, the cost of a mobile (cell 2u) that is the bane of society that everyone must have and I just wonder why people are hesitant to for out for a potential life saver... maybe that uni student could be capable of administering the machine on a family member or visitor.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
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