title: Ask the doctors. I was surprised when my neighbor told me I could buy a device for about $1,500 to shock my heart back to life it if stopped. He said I didn't even need a prescription. If this is true, what risks are there in getting one for my home?
mesh_terms: D047548:Defibrillators / Q000191:economics; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*