Considerations to Make When Using a Defibrillator on Someone with a Pacemaker

When someone goes into sudden cardiac arrest, a portable defibrillator can be a life-saving device. But what if the person needing defibrillation has a pacemaker? Pacemakers are common medical devices used to help regulate abnormal heart rhythms. While using a defibrillator on someone with a pacemaker is generally safe, there are key considerations to keep in mind. Understanding the Role … Read More

Buying the Right HeartSine AED for Your Workplace

Workplace safety is paramount, and protecting employees and customers from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a crucial aspect of that responsibility. SCA is a leading cause of death, claiming countless lives annually. However, early intervention with an automated external defibrillator (AED) can dramatically improve survival rates. When it comes to selecting the right AED for your workplace, a HeartSine AED … Read More

Joe Sheya Act

The Joe Sheya Act: Why Maryland Businesses Need AEDs In a life-threatening emergency, seconds count. Maryland’s new Joe Sheya Act is a landmark law requiring specific businesses to install automated external defibrillators (AEDs) on their premises. This requirement, passed in memory of Joe Sheya, who tragically suffered cardiac arrest at a restaurant without an AED, underscores the importance of making … Read More

AED Liability Issues

Buy HeartStart AED Machine

You are thinking about investing in AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators) but you’re concerned about the liability issues of having them.  Perhaps these questions have crossed your mind: What if we have AEDs but employees don’t act in a cardiac arrest? What if an employee makes a mistake in the rescue? What if we were to do harm rather than save … Read More

AED Prices, Safety, and Liability

How much are AED machines?

Why do some small businesses (and medium ones too) not have workplace AEDs (Defibrillators) to protect their employees, customers and visitors?  In short, it’s usually a misperception or lack of understanding about one of three concerns:  the cost of AEDs, safety features of AEDs, or liability fears.  Let’s take a close look at these.The A.  Affordability of AEDs.  Granted when … Read More

The Reliability of an AED

AED Reliability

When one purchases AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators) they typically do so in hopes these life-saving devices are never needed.  They demonstrate proactive thinking and a priority on making the workplace safe.  When that dreaded moment happens and someone drops to what appears to be sudden cardiac arrest, how does one know the AED will work and it will function as … Read More

Emergency Management & AED Defibrillators

AED grants

AED One-Stop Shop is proud to work with a large number of Emergency Management agencies across the United States.  Emergency Management is the creation of plans through which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters.  It is important to note that Disaster management does not avert or eliminate the threats, instead it focuses on creating plans to decrease … Read More

Workplace Safety & Defibrillators

AED LIFEPAK by Physio-Control

U.S. Companies should be proud of their safety initiatives and the heightened consciousness towards making workplaces “heart-safe” environments.  With AED or public defibrillator programs implemented these corporations are able protect their employees, customers and visited from sudden cardiac arrest death.  At the same time, savvy safety teams, risk managers and human resources departments realize that by implementing such programs they … Read More

Public Defibrillators in the Community Setting

airport AEDs

Communities large and small all over the U.S. are making investments in safety to protect their people from one of the Nation’s biggest killers, Sudden Cardiac Arrest.  The numbers are staggering just how many lives are suddenly and tragically lost to Cardiac Arrest, on an average it’s about 1,000 lives per day in the United States alone.  Equally troubling is … Read More

AED Defibrillator Quick Facts

What is an AED?

AEDs are Automated External Defibrillators and they are designed for public use, in other words you can save a life with one. Here’s a task for you that could add to your awareness of where public defibrillators are and aren’t, and just maybe this could contribute to a life being saved.  Simply look around when you go through your day-to-day … Read More