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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Thing is, nobody knows when a heart problem will occur. It's probably less likely at a football ground where I imagine the participants will be fairly fit. It would probably be more useful to put defibrillators at the smoking areas of pubs!
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You're right, it can happen anywhere, and to anyone.
I think pointing at smokers is a bit unfair though (
), I know quite a few smokers that probably face a much lower risk than many of the non smoking couch potato MaccyD munchers, or those in high stress fast paced occupations
As for the TV coverage, one thing it did do was highlight how effective a fast response by trained people with the correct equipment can be. That's got to be good for extending the provision of defibrillators in other areas of both work & play.