Easy to use, hard to spell and say

Defibrillator.

There. I've typed it and spelled it correctly. Hence forth it will be known as "The Big D".

Apparently, the right type of these units can be used by almost anyone, regardless of training. The Big D will actually diagnose the rhythm, or lack thereof, in a person's heart and administer the appropriate level of electricity to revive them.

In short, these things can turn you into a life saving superhero. I have a friend who gets absolutely livid when you bring up how infrequently these get used. And how not available they are in places where, really, they ought to be. And how easy they are to work with.

And so we've found our idea. I think the fine (and I do mean fine) Mayor of San Francisco should get on this and demand that every business have one of these on hand. And if you have a heart-stressful kind of business, then you need to have two. But that's just the beginning. The end result would be for every god damn business in America to be required to have one of these, same as a fire extinguisher. Now I'm getting fired up.

We're talking about the overall public safety here. And yes, there is potential for abuse. I realize that. I also don't care.

Look, CPR is cumbersome and requires training. There's also the potential for further damage. The Big D takes a lot of the human error out of the equation. CPR is AOL. The Big D is Google.