Very sorry to hear that.  Fact is, those in our age group are disappearing at a rather rapid rate lately.

 just a follow up .. At our IRKS club meeting last night  after discussing the proplems we had with getting info to the family we did two things  #1 our new club membership cards which are plastcized will have amergency numbers on the back we just need to give the info to our membership person at the next meeting  we also voted to buy a Fibrillater to be kept at the field

Food for thought

Hi Mike.
All the new defib machines made for use in public places are for the general public to use.  They have voice instructions and picture directions on how to use them.  When you turn it on, it tells you what to do next.  They are now commonplace on airliners, in shopping malls, and major sporting venues.  Extremely easy to use, and very effective.  Used in conjunction with CPR, (which is now being taught chest compressions only, no mouth to mouth) they have saved numerous lives already.  Having spent 40 plus years in the Fire Service, it is amazing to see the survival rate now compared to when I started.

Tom

Myself and a couple others did cpr for 10 minutes plus.   Unfortunately I saw his pulse go into an arythmea which is when you need an aed to bump it back to a standard rythym.  No aed was available to us.
I do hope the club membership agrees to buy an aed for the flying site.  I never want to do cpr on someone again.  Take a look at this website www.aedsuperstore.com. its kinda like a Hobby King website for aed's.
Scott