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
Automated External Defibrillators are life-saving medical devices designed to be so simple and intuitive that anyone can use one to save a life. Sudden Cardiac Arrest is different from a typical heart attack, the victim drops, loses consciousness and almost certainly dies minutes later. SCA is caused by an electrical misfire in the heart which causes the heart to have … Read More
Some Cities in the United States have wonderful AED programs in which their employees, residents and visitors are excellently protected from risk of sudden cardiac arrest death. Meanwhile other Cities lack Automated External Defibrillators altogether. Why such a contrast between the best, the worst, and those in the middle? Blurry responsibility: Should such a duty fall on the City Manager, … Read More
