Real Stories
AED Installed on Mount Everest Saves Climber's Life Weeks Later
How a single AED at 18,000 feet underscores the global importance of defibrillator access and readiness.
When Every Second Counts—even at 18,000 F...
Preventing Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) in Athletes: Lessons From Bronny James' Incident
In a shocking turn of events, Bronny James, the talented offspring of NBA superstar LeBron James, recently experienced a cardiac arrest during a ba...
Interview with Shawn Sima, Who We Play For
https://youtu.be/vdtUP06R-Ts
Shawn: My name is Shawn Sima and I’m the impact Director for a non-profit called Who We Play For. My story: I’m a r...
What Happened to Damar Hamlin and Why Are AEDs & CPR Important?
The Story
The Reach
The Condition
The Treatment
The Damar Hamlin Takeaway
The Expert RN in a Cardiac Catheterization Lab
The Expert Pediatric Emer...
Sixty-six Years a Survivor: Stan Wisniewski SCA Story
Stan Wisniewski just celebrated 66 years since he survived his sudden cardiac arrest in 1954. Stan interviewed with the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foun...
Nashville Student Saved Weeks After AED Training
At AED.US, we talk about sudden cardiac arrest statistics all the time. It’s hard to imagine these numbers coming to life in our own communities, ...
AEDs at Atlantaﾒs Hartsfield-Jackson Airport
Working in the Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Industry, we’ve conditioned ourselves to see an AED from a mile away. We are happy to see the...
10 US Cities Approved for Drones Delivering AEDs
Emergency Medical personnel have only up to 10 minutes to reach a victim, administer CPR, and the shock of an automated external defibrillator (AE...
Woman Saved by AED in Gym
We’ve all heard the saying, “in the right place at the right time.” Luann Sourintha is living proof of this idiom. She’s also living to tell her s...
March Madness!
Basketball Players and Sudden Cardiac Arrest
NCAA Basketball player, Hank Gathers, made national news in 1989 when he collapsed during a Loyola M...