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You know there was a time when AED's in malls, office buildings and airports was deemed very impractical with much resistance against it? Some were saying defibrillation was an advanced skill, was dangerous for minimally trained people, etc, etc. Guess who was wrong??
Never mind the fact that AEDs have come a long way in terms of simplicity of use in the last 15 years, I see this comparison as rather apples to oranges. Those AEDs have a very low reoccurring cause and have the potential to save many more thousands of people per year. I doubt it's been studied, but I'd put money on school AEDs being used more on adults than children. I'd much rather see an AED at every youth sporting event before mandatory 12 leads, no screening program is going to prevent any comotio cordis type incidents that a rapidly used AED has the ability to remedy.