Comments on: Should hotels be required to have AEDs? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/02/should-hotels-be-required-to-have-aeds.html Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Vrindahttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/02/should-hotels-be-required-to-have-aeds.html#comment-90455 Vrinda Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:50:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/02/should-hotels-be-required-to-have-aeds.html#comment-90455 Nowadays automated external defibrillators (AED defibrillators) are being installed in schools, gyms, airports, stores and public places and this quick access to an AED means more lives saved. Why should a hotel be any different? <br/><br/>Not needing an AED until now does not mean that you will never need it. The hotel industry should act more responsibly and not hide behind the excuse of ‘potential liability issues’. <br/><br/>Read more about this ‘AEDs- Liability Myth’ at www.annuvia.com or at this link <br/>http://www.annuvia.com/News/NewsItemViewer.aspx?NewsItemID=75e2107e-6509-4224-80a8-aaae4c735012 Nowadays automated external defibrillators (AED defibrillators) are being installed in schools, gyms, airports, stores and public places and this quick access to an AED means more lives saved. Why should a hotel be any different?

Not needing an AED until now does not mean that you will never need it. The hotel industry should act more responsibly and not hide behind the excuse of ‘potential liability issues’.

Read more about this ‘AEDs- Liability Myth’ at http://www.annuvia.com or at this link
http://www.annuvia.com/News/NewsItemViewer.aspx?NewsItemID=75e2107e-6509-4224-80a8-aaae4c735012

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/02/should-hotels-be-required-to-have-aeds.html#comment-90301 Anonymous Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:38:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/02/should-hotels-be-required-to-have-aeds.html#comment-90301 While I agree it's important to have training, an article I read in Currents a couple years ago demonstrated that sixth graders could successfully operate an AED without any prior training at all.<br/><br/>Are you smarter than a sixth grader? While I agree it’s important to have training, an article I read in Currents a couple years ago demonstrated that sixth graders could successfully operate an AED without any prior training at all.

Are you smarter than a sixth grader?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/02/should-hotels-be-required-to-have-aeds.html#comment-90025 Anonymous Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:09:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/02/should-hotels-be-required-to-have-aeds.html#comment-90025 We have an AED on every floor next to every First Aid cabinet. My company has 500 people on site. Have I ever been trained on how to use said AED, no. <br/><br/>Instructions in a pinch are not a good idea. As much as I think it is a good idea for hotels to have an AED handy, people using them incorrectly is even worse. We have an AED on every floor next to every First Aid cabinet. My company has 500 people on site. Have I ever been trained on how to use said AED, no.

Instructions in a pinch are not a good idea. As much as I think it is a good idea for hotels to have an AED handy, people using them incorrectly is even worse.

]]> By: Steve Parker, M.D.http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/02/should-hotels-be-required-to-have-aeds.html#comment-90005 Steve Parker, M.D. Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:58:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/02/should-hotels-be-required-to-have-aeds.html#comment-90005 Why leave out the cost-benefit analysis? Because a life is priceless?<br/><br/>I looked into an AED for my primary care office eight years ago. Seemed like a good idea. Cost? $4000. At a time when pay was declining steadily. I passed.<br/><br/>I bet they are cheaper now.<br/><br/>During 17 years of office practice, how many times did I need it? Zero. Why leave out the cost-benefit analysis? Because a life is priceless?

I looked into an AED for my primary care office eight years ago. Seemed like a good idea. Cost? $4000. At a time when pay was declining steadily. I passed.

I bet they are cheaper now.

During 17 years of office practice, how many times did I need it? Zero.

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