Choosing The Right Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is a life-threatening emergency that can happen anywhere or anytime.

Until recently, most places relied on first aid attendants or by-standers to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) until medical help arrived.

Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) are important life-saving devices designed to asses and deliver electrical therapy to victims of SCA or arrhythmias in an emergency situation. In the past, only professional medical attendants and paramedics were able to use AED’s. Currently there are a large number of small, compact, and portable AED’s on the market that the average person with no medical background can operate with basic training.

According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, AED’s used in conjunction with CPR can increase the likelihood of saving a person’s life by 75% over using CPR alone.

Choosing an AED is an important decision whether for your home or for your business, and it is important to make an informed decision about which AED is right for your purpose. There is however, no need to be overwhelmed with the variety of AED’s available. Our AEDs can be broken down into a couple of categories.

For the home and public access, we have units such as the Defibtech View, which features a full colour video display for guiding you through the process of using the device, and the Defibtech Lifeline which is an easy-to -use and very affordable model for community, school, workplace or home use. Also falling in the Public Access category, we have the Phillips HeartStart lineup, featuring some of the most popular units in the market- ultra portable and lightweight, they are perfect for a variety of contexts – be it on the sports field, in a police car, or in a classroom.