AED - Automatic External Defibulator

• What is it?

  • Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada - Automated External Defibrillation

    This link answers common questions about Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) including what an AED is and how it works.
     

• Why should we do it?

  • New Guidelines for performing CPR

    • 2005 Resuscitation Guidelines, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

    • CBC - New CPR guidelines easier to do, remember

      The foundation also encourages greater access to defibrillators in public places such as airports, casinos and hockey arenas.

    • Global National - New Guidelines on performing CPR

      "The Heart and Stroke Foundation's Dr. Anthony Graham says C-P-R combined with defibrillation can save more than half the people who go into cardiac arrest each year."           

  •  The Detroit Red Wings Example

    • CTV - Defibrillator helped save Red Wings' Fischer

    •  Global National 2005/11/22  Video  Detroit Red Wings defenceman Jiri Fischer suffered a seizure and had his heart stop on the team's bench during the first period of an NHL game against the Nashville Predators on Monday night. The game was cancelled after Fischer was taken to a local hospital.

    • CBC Sports - Red Wings' Fischer has seizure

    • CBC Sports  - Red Wings' Fischer much improved

• Heart Medications

  • CBS News 2006/1/17 - Aspirin And Heart Health

• Background information Sources

  • Info Listings

• Coordination and training

  • BC Emergency Medical Assistants First Responder Program

• Suppliers

  • United States

    • Amazon Listing

    • AED Super Store

  • Canada

    • Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada - Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Companies

      Setting-Up an AED Program and/or Buying an AED Machine

       

    • Philips Medical Systems

      • Product Demos

        • HeartStart Home

        • HeartStart OnSite

        • HeartStart FRx

        • HeartStart FR2+