Register your AED so it can be found when someone needs it.
Sudden cardiac arrest can happen anywhere — a workplace, a church, a hotel, a school, or a store. Survival depends on CPR and a shock from an automated external defibrillator (AED) within minutes. Many buildings in the Dells-Delton area already have an AED. If 911 and nearby helpers do not know where it is, it may never get used.
Adding your AED to the PulsePoint registry (the National Emergency AED Registry) closes that gap. After Dells-Delton EMS reviews and approves the entry:
- 911 can tell a caller that an AED is nearby
- People using the PulsePoint Respond app can see the location
- You can choose alerts if your AED may be needed close by
Registration is free and works with any brand or model. It takes a few minutes in the PulsePoint AED app or at aed.new.
Have this ready before you start
- Site name and street address
- A plain description of where it is, such as “main lobby, on the wall between the restroom doors” (avoid “north wall”)
- A photo that shows the AED in its surroundings, not a close-up of the device alone
- Whether the public can reach it, or if it is for employees only
- Hours it can be reached, plus any cabinet code or access limit
- A contact name, phone number, and email for the person who maintains it
- Make, model, and pad and battery expiration dates, if you have them
- Anything stored with it, such as a bleeding-control kit, naloxone, or epinephrine