Did you know?

  • The average AED price ranges from $1,200 to around $1,900 . A fully equipped AED package will include the AED, battery, defibrillation pad(s) and carrying case.

  • Most heath insurance companies do not cover AEDs are not usually covered by health insurance. Even with doctors prescribing often the process requires several appeals (HHC founder knows this first-hand.)

  • An AED can be used on children and infants and should be used as early as possible for the best chance of survival. Pediatric pads (or a switch, “key,” or button that can convert the defibrillator to “child-mode”).

  • A Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) differs from a heart attack: Heart attack (the medical term is myocardial infarction or MI) occurs when part of the heart’s blood supply is reduced or blocked. During a heart attack, the heart usually doesn't suddenly stop beating.

  • SCA causes more deaths than breast cancer, colon cancer, motor vehicle accidents, and diabetes combined.

  • When SCA occurs, the heart stops beating altogether, and as a result, blood is no longer pumped throughout the body, including the brain. The person suddenly passes out, loses consciousness, and appears lifeless—except for abnormal “gasping."

  • Studies indicate that 1 in 300 youth have an undetected heart condition and approximately 50% have no warning signs or family risk factors.

  • 23,000 youth suffer Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) annually.

  • A person’s chances of survival goes down 10% for every minute that passes without the use of an AED.

Just the facts.

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Bystanders save lives using defibrillator for cardiac arrest

By: National Institutes of Health

 
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All about defibrillators – what they are and how to use them

By: Emma Hammett - First Aid for Life

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Lives Are Saved When Defibrillators Are Placed In Large Public Spaces

By: Johns Hopkins Medicine

Race & Socioeconomic Standing Affect Bystander CPR & AED Use

By: Joshua M. Justice, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

 

Association of neighborhood characteristics with bystander-initiated CPR

By: Comilla Sasson, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine

The Effect of Building-Level Socioeconomic Status on Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Retrospective Cohort Study

By: Andrew Fu Wah Ho, Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

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