NEW ALBANY POLICE DEPARTMENT - New Albany, Ohio

C. As part of a weekly maintenance, the AED shall be turned on to ensure that the self test
message appears, the momentary illumination of each LED and all LCD segments, and no
service indicator or low battery indicator appears.
8.4.4 Medical Protocol
All AEDs shall be used in accordance with the guidelines and training program outlined by the
American Heart Association (AHA) and the Plain Township Fire Department’s AED training
program. Per AHA guidelines, no AED is to be attached to or used on children less than eight
(8) years of age or an adult less than 50 pounds.
The first few minutes are the most critical when it comes to a cardiac arrest victim. For this
reason, the officer who has possession of an AED should respond on an emergency response
with the Fire Department on man down, cardiac arrest or any call the dispatcher feels the AED
might be used. Dispatch will advise the responding units if the Fire Department arrives on
scene prior to the officer at which time the officer may cancel his response. The Fire
Department will assume responsibility of the patient once on scene.
Following an event utilizing the AED and associated equipment, personnel shall report the
victim’s condition and the measures taken towards resuscitation to the first arriving Fire
Department EMS units. The AED and associated equipment shall be replenished or cleaned
and disinfected as necessary. The incident will then be logged on the AED event log and AED
returned to service.
8.4.5 Approval by Medical Director
I have reviewed the above protocol for the City of New Albany, Public Access Defibrillation AED
Program. It is medically sound and has my approval as the City’s AED Medical Director.
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Frank Orth, D.O.
State of Ohio
County of Franklin
New Albany, Ohio ss
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ____ day of _______________ 2002
by
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Notary Public, State of Ohio
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