Closer to the HeartTandem AED/EMS

The Problem – High Rise AED Deployment• Dot >Legislated public• Line >Commercial zones• Area >AED Rentals?• Mandate >Fire Code

Most Urgent –> HIGH RISES Tower residents and workers have

higher, needless risk Difficult for EMS vehicles to access due

to call volume, city traffic, security etc. Integrated AED programs and training

required, not just hardware The largest benefit for the greatest

number, against the leading killer when deployed

Building owners struggling with AED policies, implementations , liability and compliance

Why High Rise AEDs are Needed

Vehicle-based rescue services typically arrive too late for defibrillation

Huge demographic is needlessly exposed to death via sudden cardiac arrest

The four minute barrier for successful resuscitation must be respected as the main factor

Advocacy, partnerships and IFC leadership could bring the AED revolution to a highly cost-efficient and widely deployed status

Elevator Lobbies best for PADs

Compelling Advantages

Brings the AED in-house, which is the key factor in deployment

Lobbies are secure and public, with a dense population within two minutes of a single AED

Super Cost-efficiency One AED can protect an entire high rise complex

Security personnel can screen events, initiate rescues, interface with EMS

Elevators can speed access and delivery of the AED to hundreds of possible residents

Tandem AED/EMS*

*Prompt AED shock, EMS consolidates Defibrillation <4 minutes and EMS arrival at 8+

min is achievable and highly effective Separate AED and EMS processes execute in

tandem, complementing each other A broad expansion of heart safety to high rises

that will conserve EMS resources, reduce calls & costs

TANDEM DEPLOYMENT

1) Specify Lobby PlacementThe public will come to associate elevator lobbies with AEDs – be sure to exploit their many advantages

2) Purchase within a Service Contract, not as a bare AEDGuarantee its care with a continuing service agreement

BACKGROUNDMandated AEDs?

Fire Code Campaign seeks to mandate elevator lobby PADs in the IFC by 2013

High rise residents and workers finally protected by in-house devices

Bypasses ad hoc legislation process for informed engineers’ hearings

Would associate AEDs with

elevators in the public mind

Proposed Fire Code Addition

“408.12.1  Public Access Defibrillation. Elevator main lobbies shall include an automated external defibrillator (AED) in an approved location.”

Ruling would be delivered 2013

Adequate time available to rally support from stakeholders

A fundamental regulation adoptable via fire codes by municipalities worldwide

The Future The NG9-1-1 Cloud

Next Generation 9-1-1 Cloud will manage text, voice, audio and video data streams

AED sectors in the Cloud may include the AED Registry, EMS operations, local data and records

Opportunity to integrate local EHR and heart patient data into a Cloud DB

Options during leases to upgrade or add panel equipment and NG9-1- 1 Cloud communications S/W