Pearls Before Swine Comic Strip, June 23, 2013 on GoComics.com.

This one made me laugh.

A couple years ago, local news ran a story of a factory manager who put some money towards an AED (stands for automated external defibrillator, which will shock a person’s heart if it they have collapsed and their heart is quivering instead of beating) for his facility. He trained his staff on how to use it. Just a little while after the investment and training, he collapsed.  The workers pulled the AED out and applied it. It delivered a shock and his heart re-started.  His life was saved by his staff’s knowledge and access to an AED.

The comic is funny, but kidding aside, AEDs save lives. If you have a small business, school, church or sports program and there is not already an AED available, please look into it. If someone collapses from a heart rhythm problem or heart attach, the potential to save a life can be lost within two minutes or less, not enough time for paramedics to arrive. Train yourself and train your colleagues. One life saved is worth it all.