AEDs Save Lives in Large Public Places

Making News:

A recent study out of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore found evidence that at least 522 lives can be saved annually in the United States and Canada through pervasive public placement of automated external defibrillators (AEDs), the battery-powered, paddle-fitted, electrical devices used to shock and revive people whose hearts have suddenly stopped beating.

Joy Keller

IDEA Author/Presenter
Joy Keller is the senior editor of IDEA Fitness Journal and is also a certified personal ... more less

Ryan Halvorson

IDEA Author/Presenter
Ryan Halvorson is the publications assistant for IDEA Health & Fitness Association. He is a speaker ... more less
March 2008

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