People have always been caught off guard when someone falls on the streets due to a heart attack. For many bystanders, the first response is panic and then other people act when they realize that a person will die in front of their eyes when they could have helped. CPR is always the first thing people do when someone they do not know has collapsed. This has helped a lot of people but it is in rare cases because not everyone walking down the street has the required skills to perform CPR. Other people fear that they might kill the patient faster than the heart attack due to lack of skills or they fear doing the mouth to mouth breathing procedure. Increasing the number of public defibrillators is an excellent idea because a heart attack does not give patients a warning. Cardiac arrests are random in occurrence; some occur due to shock, lack of medicine or the abnormal and uncontrolled heart attack.

When the number of public defibrillators is increased, every street, institution or playing field will have the defibrillators. This means that people who have random heart attacks will receive quick medical response because the public defibrillators will be near. The idea is to call for help when a person has collapsed due to cardiac arrest and administer CPR while waiting for the defibrillator to arrive. The device will take two to three minutes to arrive and this depends on the location of the heart attack. A person who falls on the streets will not wait for a long time for the device to be brought and the procedure started. The airport has its defibrillators always ready for emergency purposes. Most schools and playing fields also have such devices. This shows that the public has taken the initiative to save lives while waiting for emergency personnel to arrive. Using a defibrillator is simple and safe because it has an audio command that shows people what to do every single moment.

People have always feared carrying out CPR in public when they are not skilled. This fear has been eliminated by a device that can administer shocks with the click of a button. Emergency personnel will arrive later to take a patient who has experienced a heart attack but before this team arrives, the public has only five minutes to help stabilize the heart rhythms of a person who has collapsed and save a life. These defibrillators are stored in different street corners, train stations, airports and other places because nobody knows when these devices will be used. People who have survived a heart attack because a public defibrillator was used have no complications when they are taken to the hospital. CPR administered by people who are not experienced causes complications when a patient survives. The need for defibrillators in every location is very important because it will save the lives of very many people who need instant medical response. The good thing about an increased number of public defibrillators is that a person can get it while on foot, eliminating the feature of heavy traffic because the devices are within reach.