In the time
it takes you to read this information, sudden cardiac arrest will have claimed
another victim.Statistics show that
more than 300,000 Americans die of sudden cardiac arrest every year.Up to 50,000 of these deaths could have been
prevented if someone had initiated the Cardiac Chain of Survival, and an automated external defibrillator (AED) had
been available for immediate use at the time of the emergency.
The American Red Cross Can
Facilitate Your Purchase of AEDs
To help
meet its mission of saving lives the Red Cross has formed relationships with
four AED manufacturers to allow chapters the opportunity to facilitate the
purchase of AED devices for customers:
Cardiac Science
Phillips Health Care Group
formerly Philips Medical Systems
Physio-Control, a division of
Medtronic
ZOLL Medical Corporation
If your
company is interested in obtaining an AED, contact Marianne Ansart at ansartm@oregonpacific.redcross.org
or 541-344-5244 or click on the link
below to be transferred to a manufacturer's Web site to complete a
purchase.A portion of the purchase
price goes back to your local chapter to support services and activities in you
community.
* THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS NOT
ENDORSING, SPONSORING OR VOUCHING FOR THE SUITABILITY OR QUALITY OF THE
AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS, ANCILLARY PRODUCTS, ANCILLARY PRODUCTS AND
AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR RELATED SERVICES (THE 'AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL
DEFIBRILLATOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES') FOUND AT THE ABOVE-REFERENCED LINKS.THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS NOT, AND SHALL NOT
BE CONSTRUED TO BE, A MANUFACTURER, A MAUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE OR A
DISTRIBUTOR OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR ANY
PURPOSE AND PROVIDES NO WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES OF ANY KIND FOR SUCH PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES.THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
(INCLUDING ITS LOCAL CHAPTERS AND OPERATING UNITS) SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO
HAVE DETERMINED OR CERTIFIED THE SAFE DESIGN, OPERATION, USE OR FUNCTION OF
AUTOMATED EXTERNAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.
