Melissa Ying wrote in a message to All:
 MY>      Here's a question thrown to the floor.  What's the situation
 MY> with  Defibrillators in the USA?  How common is it for Firefighters
 MY> to be  using them?  It's very common here, in Ontario, but I've
 MY> heard that  it's rare in the States.  Elsewhere in the world...?
Down here in Austin Texas it's very common.  Both our County First Responders 
and the Austin Fire Dept use semi-automatic defibrillators.  Then when we 
pull up we can just unplug their pads and they plug right into our Lifepack 
11.  Pretty nice deal.
I'd have to say the semi-auto defibs are pretty common place in the Texas 
area all in all.
There even was a State Bill up for putting the SADs "everywhere" and to make 
them common place for laypeople.  Like putting them next to all fire 
extinguishers.  It got shot down though. 
Thanks,
       John
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