Defibrillators

Submitted: Wednesday, Apr 18, 2018 at 12:21
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In reply to another post of mine, Boobook said "The idler group may consider investing in a defibrillator. Expensive but probably one of the most useful things for an older group."

This is a very good comment so I thought I would give my take on defibrillators in a separate post..

If a person has a heart issue it is their decision as to whether they purchase and carry their own defibrillator. Personally, if I had a heart issue I would.

I am in the Idlers 4WD club. In winter there can be more than half a dozen trips away at any one time. If the club is to buy defibrillators it would have to be quite a few which is a lot of dollars. Then you have to contend with who looks after them,  and with changing technologies they are soon out of date anyway. It is just not really practical for a club to purchases defibrillators, there are better solutions.

The best solution is for the trip leader to get a quote for the hire of a defibrillator for the duration of any planned trip, work out a per head cost, and the whole group decide whether to go ahead with the defibrillator hire or not. 

Another possible solution is for one person to buy/hire a defibrillator and ask fellow travellers for a contribution based on what it is worth to them.

With the cost of defibrillators coming down this should, in the future, be given more serious consideration for those of us who at a much higher risk of having heart issues.

Chris
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