Posted: 1/26/2026 9:40:38 PM EDT
| I am out in the sticks now and added an AED to my preps today. Ambulance response here is not speedy . My local hospital is barely a clinic where they stabilize you and send you elsewhere. This was something I have been wanting for a while. |
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Originally Posted By AndBen: I say good add. More likely to use an AED than a TQ. ETA: Maybe Im wrong, but have both. I’ve never used an AED in 25 years of being a first responder but have used TQs a few times. Used pressure dressings even more often. Not saying someone should not have one but just that they are seldom needed. OP remember to plan to replace the batteries in the AED. I think it’s every 5 years. |
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Originally Posted By Old18C: Are you OLD and may need one, or do you have a family member who may need one? That would be the latter items I would get unless my M-5 bag was fully packed. Wife and I are in our 60's . Good health but It seems as useful to me as a tourniquet. I have plenty of ability to stop the bleed. After sitting through AED classes at an employer that was too cheap to buy an AED for 55 employees. It seems like a good addition. You can also need one from electrical shock. Since I am doing all sorts of home repairs that is also a viable concern. |
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Originally Posted By whiskerz: I am out in the sticks now and added an AED to my preps today. Ambulance response here is not speedy . My local hospital is barely a clinic where they stabilize you and send you elsewhere. This was something I have been wanting for a while. Good addition! Where did you get it, & which 1 if I may ask? New or refurb? |
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Great add. I think anyone could benefit, especially those over 50. Survivability of cardiac arrest drops at almost 10% per minute post arrest. AED application within 3 minutes results in a 75% survival rate. Even if you live next door to the fire station, there is a 60-120 second delay in dispatch and there's no guarantee they will be there in-house to respond. ETA: other good and inexpensive adds would be chewable baby aspirin for those experiencing chest pain. Also oral Benadryl for mild allergic reactions and instant glucose for low blood sugar. |
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Originally Posted By ColtRifle: I’ve never used an AED in 25 years of being a first responder but have used TQs a few times. Used pressure dressings even more often. Not saying someone should not have one but just that they are seldom needed. OP remember to plan to replace the batteries in the AED. I think it’s every 5 years. Originally Posted By ColtRifle: Originally Posted By AndBen: I say good add. More likely to use an AED than a TQ. ETA: Maybe Im wrong, but have both. I’ve never used an AED in 25 years of being a first responder but have used TQs a few times. Used pressure dressings even more often. Not saying someone should not have one but just that they are seldom needed. OP remember to plan to replace the batteries in the AED. I think it’s every 5 years. What do you mean by "first responder" having never used an AED in 25 years? If fire/EMS that's crazy talk unless you just don't have one. |
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Originally Posted By King_Mud: What do you mean by "first responder" having never used an AED in 25 years? If fire/EMS that's crazy talk unless you just don't have one. Not fire or EMS. LE. I’m not saying no one should have one. But the average person will never use one. Even actual shocks to the heart are relatively rare for EMS since you only shock the heart on pretty rare conditions….unlike movies and TV. Lots of schools and businesses have AEDs. Ask how often they get used. Hint….its EXTREMELY rare. Most AEDs in the world never get used. Wife is a nurse and she says the same thing. Now stop the bleed stuff….THAT is very commonly used. If I could only have one stop the bleed item, it would be a pressure dressing…..either an Israeli dressing (my favorite) or one of the newer (and probably better) pressure dressings. You can use the pressure dressing to treat FAR more things than a tourniquet and some of the same things as a tourniquet. Since I don’t have to only have one thing, I carry both. All my vehicles and my ATVs at work and away from work. But I don’t carry (or own) an AED. Recently worked a homicide. Chest shot. AED wouldn’t have been used. But, if he could have stopped the bleed he might have been saved (maybe). Since he bled out for at least 1 hr before being found, he didn’t have a chance. |
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It's a great idea to have. CPR does nothing except keep the brain and tissue (sorta) oxygenated. If somebody is in vfib or vtac, the only way they're coming out is with a shock or in some cases adenosine. Best chance of survival is quick defibrillation. However, defibrillation doesn't work on somebody who is in hypovolemic arrest, so the TQ is pretty damn important to. As arfcom says "GET BOTH" |