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Every restaurant in NYC seems to have a defibrillator, so it could be doable.
by moogleii 11y ago
Every restaurant in NYC seems to have a defibrillator, so it could be doable.
- mhb 11y agoWhat's the cost/benefit of those?
- paulmd 11y agoIf you're the guy on the ground in cardiac arrest? Priceless. Just checked Amazon - you can buy an AED for $959 minus $100 coupon. The recommended lifespan of an AED is 5-8 years, so for a smalltime operator you're looking at an amortized cost of $107-175 per year. $10 per month is a rounding error in the operating budget of a public accomodation, and I don't see how you can possibly get upset about that. Let alone something like a ship that's multiple hours away from the closest possible medevac. A container ship likely burns more fuel than that in an hour of operation. Won't someone please think of poor Maersk's quarterly profits? Or even worse, my Amazon crap might cost another $0.01 per tonne... Even if you don't care that it's The Right Thing To Do, the cold truth is that if someone dies there's tons of expensive things that happen. If an employee dies there's insurance or comp to pay, there's the cost of hiring a replacement and so on, etc. And on a social level we lose their economic output and its effect on the aggregate economy.
- mhb 11y agoSurely you understand that this reasoning must break down for some cost of AED. Presumably you have them in your home and office. Yes?