Automated External Defibrillators
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Automated External Defibrillators Save Lives!
AEDs and CPR: Part of the Chain of Survival
In the time it takes you to read this page, sudden cardiac arrest will have claimed another victim. In the past year, 220,000 Americans died of sudden cardiac arrest: nearly one death every two minutes. A quarter of these deaths could have been prevented if someone had initiated the Cardiac Chain of Survival, and an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) had been available for immediate use at the time of the emergency.
The Cardiac Chain of Survival includes:
- Early recognition and early activation of 9-1-1 or the local emergency number
- Initiating CPR
- Early defibrillation using an AED
- Early advanced life support
AEDs are easy-to-use, portable devices that deliver a potentially lifesaving electric shock to the heart, which can restore a heart's normal rhythm in the event of sudden cardiac arrest. Properly equipped, AEDs may be used on children as young as one year of age. Immediate use of an AED, in conjunction with CPR, could save up to 50,000 lives a year. The American Red Cross envisions every American being within four minutes of an AED and someone trained to use it in the event of sudden cardiac arrest.
We offer a range of AEDs to suit residential, public and commercial applications. For a demonstration of an AED unit, please contact the Chapter's Manager of Business Development, Joe Kuzma, at (860) 678-2826 or email him at kuzmajoe@usa.redcross.org.
Click here for some Frequently Asked Questions about AEDs.
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