Philips HeartStart Home Defibrillator (AED) @ richardeward.com

Philips HeartStart Home Defibrillator (AED)
from Philips Medical Systems

Features:

• This item can be shipped only within the contiguous United States. This item cannot be returned and has additional shipping restrictions. See shipping restrictions on this item.
• The first and only defibrillator available over-the-counter that can be used by virtually anyone with the materials included
• Easy to use with guided interactive voice instructions
• Safely delivers a shock only if needed

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Compact, Easy-to-Use Life-Saver
  The Philips AED is a compact, easy-to-carry unit that demands little of the user. I bought one for home use, and donated another to Planes of Fame air museum, where I work as a volunteer. The device prompts every step, has pictographs showing proper placement or technique, and performs its own diagnostics automatically. It is a simple, effective piece of equipment that can save lives.

• Good Idea
  I know from personal experience if your gut is telling you to get one and you don't do it...I won't go into all the emotional part of my story ... But about 8 years ago, I thought about getting one of these but never did. Later in June of that year my father who was staying with me had heart failure. I knew CPR and started it right away, so when EMS got here about 12 minutes later they were able to use their defibrillator right away... without success. Had I had this defibrillator then, would it have saved... more info

• No panacea, but it does raise survival rate.
  I've deducted a star only for the still expensive price.
  As a volunteer EMT-B, I won't quibble with the general ineffectiveness of CPR by itself (without immediate defibrillation) cited by the one star reviewer. But this reviewer citing the New England Journal of Medicine HAT study (April 2008) with regard to this product is a little silly. If you're concerned about overall health policy or making a substantial dent in the enormous epidemic of sudden cardiac death in this country, putting AEDs only in... more info

• I have personally used one!
  This is probably the only review of using this product on an actual patient. I'm an Advanced EMT, and work at a couple different places. One of them is a casino, and I provide basic life support first-response there. We purchased this defibrillator for the reviews, and the price. I got a call for a guy that wasn't feeling well, so I headed over. Right when I got there, he lurched up, and slumped over. I checked for a pulse, and found none, so I started CPR and hooked up this machine. It advised a shock...... more info

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