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Lifesaving AEDs are being increasingly mandated across states — but bystanders aren’t using them, study finds

January 10, 2024

Lifesaving AEDs are being increasingly mandated across states — but bystanders aren’t using them, study finds

AED are portable, life-saving devices designed to treat people experiencing sudden cardiac arrest, a medical condition in which the heart stops beating suddenly and unexpectedly. CREDIT: Boy_Anupong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Bystander use of automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, for witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrests remains low despite legislative efforts to improve access to these life-saving […]