RatherBeOnATrain

A link:
My Fox Boston:
Man saved by TSA agents at Logan International Airport
Updated: Saturday, 10 Mar 2012, 10:37 PM EST
Published : Saturday, 10 Mar 2012, 8:56 PM EST

A short quote:A point to ponder: how many external defibrillators could have been purchased with the billion dollars that was instead squandered on nude-o-scopes?

Combat Medic

Nobody wrote a puff piece when I used an AED to save somebody's life.

OldGoat

Although I'm glad the TSA agents were there to help, and glad that they did help, their actions speak well of themselves and not their agency. The actions simply were not part of their TSA job.

To the agents: well done!

ryan182

The AED manufacture should use this to illustrate how simple and effective their devices are, kind of a twist on the GIECO commercial: Even a TSA clerk can use it.

goalie

Agreed on all points ^

FlyingUnderTheRadar

Glad the AED worked. This article might be a little shocking (pun intended)

http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/...ampaign=030112

FliesWay2Much

But -- you KNOW that a puppy post is coming on Propaganda Village and that the TSA will milk this for all they can get out of it. Too bad, it was just a couple of guys doing the right thing like millions of Americans -- heck, tens of millions of people around the world -- do every day.

RatherBeOnATrain

When TSA does milk it, we can post comments asking whether every TSO is actually trained in CPR and using defibrillators.

ryan182

That the thing, an AED doesn't really require training, the AED has audible commands, will determine if the pads are placed correctly, if a shock is needed and really do everything for you. There's even usually little pictures as well.

danielonn

I believe the Grop-O-Meter caused the heart attack with its X-rays. You never know what a machine can do(:-. Glad the TSA was there with his AED. Now just imagine if they said"No AED" can be brought through security then your SOL.

On the other hand the stress at the security check points taking your shoes off , belt off, jacket off , removing liquids can cause mental and physical health issues.

One more reason to reinvent the wheel and let people keep their shoes and belts on as well as a special device so you can take liquids.

"TSA saving lives one passenger at a time".

YCTTSFM

Cannot find the thread (possibly only an article referenced in an unrelated thread), but I believe screeners at a large eastern airport (EWR?) several years ago refused to let a team of paramedics, who'd been called to aid a passenger collapsed at a gate, pass the checkpoint. A shouting match ensued, someone on the screener side eventually considered the PR or ethical issues of their actions causing a preventable fatality, paramedics and all their scary equipment were allowed to pass. The fallen pax survived, but had in fact required paramedic intervention for a medical emergency.

TSA defended the screeners (b-b-but it coulda been a tewwowist twick), FD responded (b-b-but passing through your checkpoint protects no one from developing a medical emergency airside), airport management promised to "improve interdepartmental communication." Heard nothing since.

AEDs can save lives, but in no way replace paramedics.

mahohmei

Congratulations, TSA!

Now, let's subtract 1 from the number of people who have died because they chose to drive instead of fly just to avoid the TSA. IIRC, this number exceeds the number of deaths resulting directly from 9/11.