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Creating and Maintaining a

Public Access Defibrillation Program

Our FREE 6 step video series will show you how.

Public Access Defibrillation Overview: The Essential Information

Public Access Defibrillation Site Assessment: AED Placement

Public Access Defibrillation Select: Choose the best AED

Public Access Defibrillation Schedule: AED Training

Public Access Defibrillation Secure: Medical Oversight

Public Access Defibrillation Set-up: AED Maintainance

Public Access Defibrillation Start Tracking: AED Program Management

Medical Oversight

The fourth step of the Cardiac Life Public Access Defibrillation Program is Medical Oversight.

Who is overseeing your program? As part of Public Access Defibrillation requirements, it’s required that you have medical oversight to your program. You have to have an emergency healthcare provider, (licensed medical doctor) who reviews all the information, ensures that you have trained responders set up, that you have your proper signage, then assists in the completing and filing of the required paperwork. They’re going to check to make sure that you have offered the training, that you have an AED and that you file the paperwork properly with New York State.  

New York State, through the Public Access Defibrillation requirements, requires that you fill out two forms; the Notice of Intent and the Collaborative Agreement.  The Notice of Intent lets the state know that you have an AED program in place. The Collaborative Agreement goes into more detail and really ensures that you have put together an Emergency Response Plan. The plan ensures that you’ve notified your local EMTs of your program, your fire department knows you have a program, you know the quickest evacuation route to get out of your building and you know where your closest hospital is, in order to get the person to the care that they need. Cardiac Life will provide support and assist you with all of that by reviewing what is referred to as an Emergency Response Plan, which is what you want to have in place.

Also, part of the oversight of your AED program, in addition to having medical direction, most AED programs, especially if it’s more than one AED, have an AED Coordinator.  That’s just a person, they don’t have to have any special qualifications or certifications. It’s somebody within your organization who has an interest in the area, or it may be a part of their job requirements. Their role is to be the main go-to person who tracks all of the information and makes sure that the AEDs are up-to-date and that the trained responders are up-to-date.