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Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) - or massive heart attack - as it is sometimes known, which kills 450,000 people in the U.S. alone each year, can strike anyone. By its very nature, massive heart attack is completely unpredictable and can strike anyone, anywhere, and at any time, and often without regard to someone’s age or health. The American Heart Association estimates that roughly 50% (or over 200,000 people) could survive this tragic event with prompt and proper intervention.

That’s the bad news. The good news is there’s a solution through the prompt delivery of a defibrillation shock - an electrical pulse through the heart - delivered by an Automated External Defibrillator or AED, which restores a normal heart rhythm. The chance of a sudden cardiac arrest victim’s survival decreases by 10% for every minute that passes. In order to be effective, defibrillation treatment must be administered within the first few minutes of the arrest.

Time is of the essence. EMS response times, especially in rural or densely populated urban areas, can be too long. AEDs need to be readily available to defibrillate SCA victims quickly. AEDs are typically used by first responders such as police, fire and ambulance personnel, and are also being widely deployed at places where people gather or work, such as corporate facilities and offices, airplanes, airports, factories, schools, shopping malls, stadiums, military bases, health clubs, casinos and federal, state, municipal government buildings, as well as commercial office buildings.

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