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As a result, the U.S. National Athletic Trainer's Association and the Inter-Association Task Force recently recommended in the Journal of Athletic Training that every school in the country, public and private, have an AED on site. "We all wear life vests in the water, just in case something...
And it works. More than 70% of all sudden cardiac arrest victims are saved by defibrillators. Laura Friend, the cofounder of Parent Heart Watch, an advocacy group that helps to raise awareness and protect children from sudden cardiac death, knows that percentage all too well. Three years ago, she lost...
Only nine states have laws in place that require an AED in any type of school. And most of those laws only apply to high schools, not colleges or universities. Struck by the deaths of four children in only two months last September and a total 15 deaths that same...
More importantly, the Texas bill also requires that the AED be available in a reasonable amount of time and be within reach of the athletes. "An AED only answers half of the problem if is locked away in the nurse's office," says Dr. Jonathan Drezner, co-chair of the...
So what's the holdup? Like most problems, it boils down to simple dollars and cents. Schools just don't want to pay the money. The average AED now costs about $1,500 and some are even available for less than a grand. But buying the equipment isn't the...