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AED program history

Powering up the AED

In 1998, the Washington State Legislature enacted a specific law (RCW 70.54.310) to facilitate implementation compliance of a citizen defibrillation program. Public Health - Seattle & King County, EMS Division in partnership with Seattle King County fire departments has established a Community Responder CPR-AED Program to assist individuals and businesses in developing an AED program.

The Community Responder CPR/AED Program has become a very important component in our community. One of the biggest reasons for this is YOU, the community participants. We would like to encourage anyone who has an AED to make sure it is registered with EMS. This can start with your local Fire Department but the information needs to reach the EMS Department in order for several very important things to happen. EMS keeps a registry of all AED's in Seattle andKing County and this enables us to:

  1. Notify the dispatch in your area that an AED is present at your location. This enables the dispatcher to notify anyone responding to your location that an AED is on site and

  2. To put the information out to the responding fire department that an AED is at the location. The fire department is very helpful in both the training that is to be done on the AED when it is purchased and in knowing the best place to keep the AED at the site. We do not recommend that any AED be placed without the proper training and registration. Going through an AED training will allow the user to feel much more confident about using the device when the need arises.