Philips HeartStart Defibrillators – Give your school the power to save a life

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Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) can happen to anyone at any time-without warning. And school-aged children are not immune. An estimated 5,000-7,000 children die from SCA each year without exhibiting prior symptoms,¹ some of them on school grounds.

For the greatest chance of survival from the most common cause of SCA, a shock from a defibrillator must be delivered within the first few minutes of collapse.⁶ An early defibrillation program using Philips HeartStart Defibrillators is key to protecting a school’s students, staff and visitors.

That is why schools across the country are placing portable defibrillators in nurses’ offices, athletic departments and other central locations on school grounds.

Philips is the global leader and trusted choice in automated external defibrillation technology. Provide your school with confidence, peace of mind and invaluable life-saving preparedness with Philips HeartStart Defibrillators.

Philips HeartStart Defibrillators are:

Easy to use

HeartStart Defibrillators are specifically designed for the lay responder. Our defibrillators provide clear, easy-to follow voice instructions and a simple user interface to guide the responder through an emergency.

Fast to Learn

Learning to use HeartStart Defibrillators is easy. In fact, with

minimal instruction, naive sixth-grade students were able to deliver a shock in a mock SCA event in just 90 seconds. That is only 30 seconds longer than it took emergency medical personnel to administer a shock.⁵

Reliable

You can rely on Philips. Our HeartStart Defibrillators are dependable. They perform comprehensive daily, weekly and monthly self-tests to help ensure readiness. A highly visible status indicator shows at a glance that the device has passed its last self-test and is ready for use.

For Use on Infants and Small Children

HeartStart Defibrillators are the first automated external defibrillators available for use on children under 8 years old and/or 55 pounds (25 kgs).

FACTS

The current national survival rate rate for SCA is less than 5%²
The likelihood of successful resuscitation decreases by about 10% with every minute that passes³
An additional 40,000 lives could be saved each year in the U.S. alone with widespread access to defibrillators⁴

The key to a successful early defibrillation program
Philips helps implement a comprehensive program with most everything you and your medical director will need to help save a life from sudden cardiac arrest. We’ll get you started with pre-implementation consulting and site assessments. We can help manage your everyday needs including medical direction from a licensed physician, web-based program management, data management software, and responder and instructor training. Philips offers ongoing support with a five-year warranty, optional extended warranty and continued customer support from supplies ordering to technical assistance.

For more information on how Philips can help you manage your program, click here.

For additional information on Philips HeartStart AEDs and ALS Monitor/Defibrillators, please contact us online or at one of the following numbers:

United States	1 800 934 7372
Asia	+852 2821 5888
Europe, Middle East and Africa	+49 7031 4632121
Latin America	+55 11 2125 0764
Canada	1 800 291 6743

References

1. Berger S., Dhaka A., Friedberg D.Z. Sudden cardiac death in infants, children and adolescents. Pediatric Clinics of North America. April 1999; 46 (2):221. Statistics above are estimates.

2., 3., 4. American Heart Association. 2004 Heart and Stroke Statistical Update, Dallas,Texas:American Heart Association, 2004

5. Gundry J.W., Comess K.A., DeRook F.A., Jorgenson D., Bardy G.H. Comparison of naïve sixth-grade children with trained professionals in the use of an automated external defibrillator. Circulation 1999 Oct 19; 100(16):1703-7.

6. Cummins R.O., et al. Improving survival from sudden cardiac arrest: The ‘Chain of Survival’ concept. A statement for health professionals from the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Subcommittee and the Emergency Cardiac Care Committee, American Heart
Association. Circulation 1991; 83:1832-1847.