Atrus, Inc, and Orange County (Florida) EMS have announced a new partnership aimed at saving lives in Orange County with the addition of Atrus’ AED LinkTM system. This new information system will assist 9-1-1 dispatchers in helping callers locate life-saving automated external defibrillators (AEDs) available near sudden cardiac arrest victims.
With AED LinkTM 9-1-1, dispatchers instantly view the location of registered AEDs near the scene of sudden cardiac arrest emergencies and instruct bystanders to retrieve one in time to help save a life.
To encourage the registration of AEDs, the County is reaching out to owners and managers of office buildings, restaurants, malls, gyms, recreational venues, churches and other locations where AEDs may be available. AED owners should register their AEDs at the county’s AED Registry, orangecoutyfl.nationalaedregistry.com. By registering their AEDs, owners will also receive a number of free benefits including periodic reminders to check the device and timely reminders to change electrodes and/or batteries when the expiration dates approach.
“The problem is that, until now, publicly available AEDs are rarely used in an emergency because people can’t see them and 9-1-1 dispatchers are unaware they are nearby,” said Dr. George Ralls, Orange County’s EMS Medical Director.
“The AED link system is truly a technological advancement that will leverage community wide resources in a way that will serve as an enhancement to emergency services in our life saving mission. This system will provide a critical link between those in need suffering from a reversible cardiac event and the appropriate lifesaving resource, as well as those registered AED responders that have the potential to save a life when every second counts”, said Otto Drozd III, Fire Chief of Orange County Fire Rescue.
“It is widely quoted that survival from cardiac arrest decreases 10% for every minute that goes by,” Atrus’ CEO and President Elliot Fisch added.
“AED链接可以减少时间第一次冲击assuring that available AEDs are used. There are too many stories of people dying in buildings that have AEDs or AEDs nearby. AED Link was created to solve that problem.”
