Best defibrillators according to redditors

> Holy fucking shit dudes I'm dying

Do I have the product on Amazon.com for you...

^(This item is not for sale in Catalina Island)

Unfortunately they're still a bit spendy, but if you have the training and desire to have a solid first aid kit in your car or workplace, an AED will set you back about $1,200.

However, if you or a family member are at risk of heart attack or cardiac arrest for some reason, or your line of work puts you in contact with people at risk, that's a very worth-while investment.

Well, as a matter of fact.

Really? Think about this, how many AEDs would you need to prominently display on streets, in buildings, and parks, to get the same coverage as one drone?

From article:

> The ambulance drone can get a defibrillator to a patient inside a 12 km2 zone within one minute.

So at any place in this 12 km2 (4.6sq miles) zone an AED would need to be found within a minute or two to have similar coverage. This is would require thousands of AEDs, and even then in a panic situation you might miss it, and you'd have to leave the patient to get it. 1000s of AEDs are vastly more expensive than a drone and clutter the environment. They also need regular checkups to insure they are working properly. One consumer AED is $1000. There is no reason the drone would have to cost much beyond $50,000, but even at $500,000 it would be much cheaper and more effective.

Other advantages this drone has is that the caller gets guidance from a professional who gets eyes on the ground quickly. The drone could also carry EpiPens or emergency inhalers which can save lives.

> The only decent uses of drones I have ever read were: 1. To deliver weed 2. Photography 3. Spying on people 4. Scare birds away (from airports)

You are in for a surprise: http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterdiamandis/2014/08/11/top-10-reasons-drones-are-disruptive/

I was shopping before the game started. I think I'll need to order soon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00064CED6/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1412392541&sr=8-1&pi=SX200_QL40

Hard to say without knowing what actually happened. But there's a good chance that it would have helped him, yes.

There are defibrillators that can be used by anyone. They tell you exactly what to do and automatically determine whether they should deliver a shock or not. There's been a study with sixth-graders who were perfectly able to use one.

Even a cheap one is way, way better than none and it should be affordable for a football club.

> "If there's an automated external defibrillator (AED) nearby use that too. They're common in malls and schools and most have instructions and voice commands designed for people with little to no medical training."

We need more PSAs with this type of information.

http://aed.ksc.nasa.gov/faqs.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_external_defibrillator

Edit: Why are these so expensive? https://www.amazon.com/Philips-HeartStart-Home-Defibrillator-AED/dp/B00064CED6/

Good question. Some thoughts:

• IMO the most important thing you can do is to help to do and/or fund cryonics research. There hasn't been much done and if you believe in the idea of cryonics, it's the most valuable task. There's probably some serious low-hanging fruit that we're not exploring to make the procedures better. Pretty much every step could be better optimized.
  
  
• If you are at risk of a heart attack and live with at least one other person, you might consider buying a defibrillator. These things are expensive AF but if you have risk factors it might make sense. https://www.amazon.com/Philips-HeartStart-Home-Defibrillator-AED/dp/B00064CED6
  
  
• People have been talking about personal electronic response systems forever. I don't know if there's any actual progress here (maybe someone else can educate me). What I think you'd want is, at a minimum, multiple, redundant sensors. If ALL of them show that you don't have any heart beat for a long enough period of time, they automatically call someone -- or even automatically turn on cameras in the house so that someone can check on you (you'd have to be OK with possible privacy invasions in this case). The false positive rate needs to be low, otherwise alert fatigue will make it useless. That's a high bar.

With the way this series is going, I should just buy one of these now...

amateur, he should get one of these

Finally found the gift I want from the wife this year.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0009Q62FM/ref=mp_s_a_1_4_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1480893968&sr=8-4&keywords=defribulator

TOO BOLD. ALREADY BOUGHT A DEFIBRILLATOR.

It should be introduced throughout white belt level and tested at blue. Everyone should know how to swim, some sort of self-defense, and take a first aid/CPR course. Without those, you are a victim waiting for someone else to come solve whatever problem you've encountered.

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You specify choking/unconscious, but there have been posts about heart attacks and other issues.

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And as some have mentioned, there are untrained people doing what their untrained instructors have shown. Lots of people get worked up about fake BB and McDojo's, but tolerate the same level of BS in first aid.

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Also- every gym should have an AED.

I have free 2-day shipping, but should I splurge for overnight?

Apparently, you can Amazon prime one for a thousand bucks. You probably shouldn't, but you could.

By comparison, about 327,000 cases in the U.S. last year of death by sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) last year, not including in-hospital deaths. A significant proportion of those people could have been saved if there was an automatic external defibrillator nearby. A few churches do have AEDs on hand; most do not. Perhaps we should be carrying defibrillators to church?

Gonna need one of these

a bit expensive, but a solid investment

It's only a problem if there is not enough icing. Just pick up one of these for the house and one for the car and get your cinnamon swirl on:

https://www.amazon.com/Philips-HeartStart-Home-Defibrillator-AED/dp/B00064CED6

In case anybody else needs one:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00064CED6/ref=mp_s_a_1_3_s_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1473628206&sr=1-3&pi=SX200_QL40

Nurse here. I carry quite a few things in my bags whenever I go. Aside from the above I highly suggest the following:

https://www.amazon.com/Philips-HeartStart-Onsite-Slim-Carry/dp/B07BK72HFK/ref=lp_3762871_1_1_s_it?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1565089710&sr=1-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzREFERFU2UURBTTg2JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNDExMzc3MjA2TVk4NElONFY0ViZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMTYxNTExMUxXRElWWllRMDA5TyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0Zl9icm93c2UmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

https://www.amazon.com/Alivecor%C2%AE-KardiaMobile-Wireless-Detection-Smartphones/dp/B01A4W8AUK/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=ekg&qid=1565089797&s=hpc&sr=1-4

Here is the desktop version of your link

If there isn't a medical supply house nearby, you can order from Amazon.

As long as you don't have any "kinks" in the tubes, the urine should constantly drain into the bag. Do you have a statlock on your thigh to position the tube?

I just purchased the Philips today, should have it in a couple days. I just talked to a lot of people and that was the name that kept coming up. No one said anything negative about a certain one... just seemed to be what you are familiar with, and since I wasn't familiar with any, I went with the one people kept mentioning.

Also, it's the one the AHA recommends.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00064CED6/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details

Four and half stars on Amazon

Lets face it. We all need to invest in This and instruct our spouses on how to use it. Have them standing by when Crosby takes the field.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00064CED6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fF0ZBbS5K00QQ

The batteries last four to five years, and they are replaceable. At this point I've decided not to buy one for other reasons, but here are some details on a unit from Amazon that is the $1,000 range. It can be purchased with a a flexible spending account (FSA), health savings account (HSA) or health reimbursement arrangement (HRA).

https://www.amazon.com/Philips-HeartStart-Home-Defibrillator-AED/dp/B00064CED6

>no defibrillators

Not necessarily. They aren't cheap, but they're available to the general public for around $1,200 and up.

Complete with an informative bar graph!