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T[_5_]

In article >,
says...
>
> On 7/20/2013 5:25 PM, T wrote:
> > In article >,
> > says...
> >>
> >> On 7/19/2013 12:32 AM, T wrote:
> >>> In article >,
> >>> says...
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:59:59 -0400, jmcquown >
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> A woman sent an email to the Dataw listserv. Subject: Whole Foods to
> >>>>> Open in August! She was all excited.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I read the email. She's excited because she won't have to drive to Mt.
> >>>>> Pleasant, SC anymore. Mt. Pleasant is at least 100 miles away. Now
> >>>>> she'll only have to drive about 50 miles to Savannah, GA!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Would you drive that far just to shop at a Whole Foods? Or any specific
> >>>>> store, for that matter?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I would need more than that one reason to make the trip.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jill
> >>>>
> >>>> I live out in the boonies, so driving 50 miles to shop is no big deal.
> >>>> I do, however, try and squeeze as much as I can into one trip, so it's
> >>>> usually an all day deal.
> >>>>
> >>>> koko
> >>>
> >>> That's part of what skeeves me out about the suburbs. It's so ****ing
> >>> remote. Throw a heart attack and you're waiting at least 30 minutes or
> >>> more for them to get there.
> >>>
> >>> Living in the city, you dial 9-1-1 and the response is less than 2
> >>> minutes for police or fire. Doesn't hurt that I live pretty close to
> >>> Police & Fire HQ.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Fortunately, there is a fire station (with ambulance and paramedics)
> >> only five miles away. It's the *hospital* that is far!
> >>
> >> Jill
> >
> > Well - so long as the paramedica are driving rigs classed as Advanced
> > Life Support you're ok. By the way, do you know what the difference is
> > between ALS and just plain old Mobiel Intensive Care? The EKG machines
> > are 18 lead. So there's no re-wiring the patient when you get them into
> > the ER. Saves a little time.
> >
> >
> I live in a place where they regularly point out where the portable
> defribillators are located
>
> Jill

Almost all the public places around here like supermarkets, malls, etc.
have the portable defib units.

They're inexpensive enough and good insurance for when someones heart
does stop.