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Automatic External Defibrillators (AED)
- 250,000 deaths every year due to sudden cardiac arrest
- AEDs - to be part of Emergency Medical Kit
- For every minute that passes w/o defibrillation, the chances of survival decreases by 10%
- Has a voice prompt, cost USD 3000/-
- UK - not a legal requirement, but a Statutory requirement in US
- No legal liability for deaths involving the use of AEDs