AEDS: Automated External Defibrillators
What is an AED?
An AED, or automated external defibrillator, is a device that automatically analyzes heart rhythms and advises the operator to deliver a potentially lifesaving shock if necessary.
- AEDs are designed to be effective and easy-to-use devices
- AEDs use voice commands and screen messages to guide the user through defibrillation and CPR
- No medical training is necessary
Save a Life Denver exclusively uses the Philips HeartStart FRx defibrillators. These devices were selected based on their ease-of-use design, durability, reliability and safety. Lay responders can use AEDs safely and effectively with minimal training. View an online demo of the Philips HeartStart FRx here.
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Save A Life Denver Base AED Package includes:
- Philips HeartStart FRx Defibrillator
- Battery (one, pre-installed)
- SMART Pads II (one set, pre-installed)
- Quick Set-up Guide
- Maintenance Booklet
- Owner’s Manual
- Portable carrying case
- Infant/Child
- The total discounted price of the defibrillator through Save A Life Denver is $1,174
Save A Life Denver AED Inspection & Maintenance
AED units everywhere must be inspected on a monthly basis (even though the FRx defibrillators are equipped with a self-checking function). Save A Life Denver provides a user-friendly, online software database to prompt you via email each month to check your device.
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What is an AED?
An Automated External Defibrillator or AED is a portable device that analyzes the heart’s rhythm and prompts the user to administer a potentially life-saving shock, if necessary
* AEDs are designed to be effective and easy-to-use devices
* AEDs use voice commands and screen messages to guide the user through defibrillation and CPR
* No medical training is necessary
An AED, or automated external defibrillator, is a device that automatically analyzes heart rhythms and advises the operator to deliver a shock if necessary. Save a Life Denver exclusively uses Philips HeartStart FRx Defibrillators. These devices were selected based on their ease-to-use design, durability, reliability and safety. Lay responders can use AEDs safely and effectively with minimal training.
How does an AED work?
A computer inside the defibrillator analyzes the victim's heart rhythm. The device detects whether a shock is needed and will use a voice prompt to alert the user of the necessary steps to take to administer a life-saving shock. The voice will advise the responder about how to properly apply the device and whether or not to administer a shock.
If a shock is required, it will be delivered through pads adhered to the victim's bare chest (and the device recognizes if special pads should be used for a child compared to an adult). The shock stuns the heart, stopping abnormal heart activity, and allowing a normal heart rhythm to resume.
Save A Life Denver AED Inspection & Maintenance
AED units everywhere must be inspected on a monthly basis (even though the FRx defibrillators are equipped with a self-checking function). Save A Life Denver provides a user-friendly, online software database to prompt you via email each month to check your device.
The Basic Package Philips HeartStart FRx package Includes:
* Philips HeartStart FRx Defibrillator
* Battery (one, pre-installed)
* SMART Pads II (one set, pre-installed)
* Quick Set-up Guide
* Maintenance Booklet
* Owner’s Manual
* One extra set of HeartStart SMART Pads II
* Portable carrying case
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