You guys amaze me! You would rather spend money for a device that might save your lives (it only helps with ventricular fibrillation) after suffering a heart attack than losing weight and getting fit, thereby avoiding a heart attack altogether. Obesity is linked with high blood cholesterol levels, high triglyceride levels, high blood pressure and diabetes. Not only your health suffers but your quality of life is diminished. Losing just 10% of your body weight can lower this risk. Regular aerobic exercise helps not only with weight loss and improved heart health but also improves your overall physical and emotional well-being. Save your money.Shoot, I guess I need to pull the SAM splints out of the first aid kits that I have on the boat and in my car. Can I still keep it in the kit I take backpacking?
A couple years ago one of our dock neighbors had a heart attack on the dock and died. Just got up from a chair after having a cocktail with the neighbors and dropped. A nurse who happened to be down the dock at the pump out responded to the commotion and started CPR, but he didn't survive.
I've thought about adding an AED.to our boat as well. When we cruise there are times where we are a couple hours from medical care and I am middle age and overweight where heart attack becomes a more significant risk. I haven't pulled the trigger yet but my wife and I have talked about the potential value.
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