A recent trial of mobile defibrillator units (AEDs) during running events in Tokyo, showed a 100% survival rate from Sudden Cardiac Arrest suffered by athletes participating in the events.

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A referee suffered a cardiac arrest during a charity football match, organised to raise funds for a defibrillator:

https://www.metro.news/referee-suffers-heart-attack-during-charity-match-to-raise-funds-for-defibrillator/1159446/ 

Research from Southampton University has found the two-thirds of public defibrillators are difficult to find.

More reason to register the location of your defibrilltor on our website: https://citizenssavelives.com/en/location-registration 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6841167/thousands-of-lives-at-risk-as-defibrillators-that-kick-start-the-heart-are-too-hard-to-find/

Your employer has invested in your safety and that of your co-workers by purchasing an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). You and some of your colleagues have even given up a couple of hours of your valuable time to get trained in CPR and using these life-saving devices. Its fairly simple to use these things, they tell you what to do once you switch them on and won't shock somebody unless they need it anyway.

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