Defibrillators

This is added insurance,” he said.

AEDs are small, portable devices designed to enable a user to shock a person who is suffering from cardiac arrest.

The devices, provided by Medtronic Emergency Response System, a company that specializes in defibrillator technology, are available on walls directly under AED signs all over the airport.

The machines can be found in baggage claim, concourses A-E, security checkpoint areas and several other places.

The devices are fairly easy to use.

First a button has to be pressed to turn the defibrillator on.

Then users pull a handle to retrieve the electrode pads.

Visual displays and/or an audible voice will instruct the user where to place the electrode pads.

The pads analyze the victim’s heart rhythm to determine if shock is needed by using a built-in computer program.

If and when instructed, the user then presses a flashing button to administer the shock.

Geri Jackson, of Morrow, believes the devices can provide critical treatment when time is of the essence.

“I think that this is a very good idea,” s...

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