defibs in home? ATNG yeah
Right, narrowing implies sharp move. Waiting for ya baby.
Most of these have failed lately. AFRT memory.
Clear! Defibrillators In Homes?
WASHINGTON, July 20, 2004
Here's a Co. that may run but prob get their ass sued off like Taser. Think the maker of defib did have a stock run while back on similar promise. Then stalled with stall in prospects.
(CBS/AP) The devices that can jump-start a stopped heart have been saving lives in airports and shopping malls for years.
Now the government is considering letting people buy the specialized equipment for their homes — where most cardiac arrests occur.
Last fall, a major study showed that portable defibrillators in airports and other public places can double the chances of surviving cardiac arrest.
A company that makes an at-home version says there's a way to save even more lives — and it's asking the government to lift the rule that defibrillators be sold only with a doctor's prescription.
An FDA panel will soon debate the company's request for over-the-counter sales. A chief concern is whether ordinary people can properly use the equipment, which costs about $2,000 dollars.
The American Heart Association is cautiously supporting over-the-counter sales.
But some cardiologists aren't so sure. As one Harvard physician puts it, people would be better off spending their money on health-club memberships.
The automatic defibrillators do not work like the versions used by paramedics, where the user holds paddles to the victim's chest.
Instead, wires are attached to the victim's chest. Those wires measure the pulse and administer shocks. Some versions of the automatic defibrillators generate voice instructions to the user. But dangers occur if the device is used on a metallic or wet surface, where the electric shock can be transmitted to bystanders.
The AHA says about 250,000 people die every year in the United States from sudden cardiac arrest — about half the deaths from heart disease. In a four-year trial of public access defibrillators in two Washington counties, the survival rate was 50 percent.
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Pennies not a zero sum game as much as some zero game.
