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Re:Developer Saved Years Later by His Own Hardware by lucaspiller on Saturday February 07, 2015 @02:29AM (#9013372)
In the UK the Resucitation Council issued a statement in 2009 recommending that they can be used by anyone, even without training:

https://www.resus.org.uk/pages/AEDtrnst.htm

They are still few and far between, outside of big railway stations I haven't seen any in public. I think one of the issues is people are unfamiliar with how easy they are to use.

All workplaces (above a certain, fairly low, level) are required to have first aid trained staff around at all times. The training only includes CPR though; adding AED training seems like an easy way to make people a lot more aware of them.

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Re:Developer Saved Years Later by His Own Hardware by imglorp on Saturday February 07, 2015 @11:02AM (#9014311)
They're getting pretty common in US workplaces, especially health clubs, airports, liability-aware offices, etc.

Some here are in a cabinet that phones emergency services when the AED is removed; that's an especially good feature.

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