Texas is very serious about protecting their youngsters. AED is all out in all public schools. Texas Arrythmia Institue recently donated 300 defibrillators to the schools “the director of health & medical services for Houston schools Evelyn Henry”.
Each school will have two AED in them, with two educators trained on how to use [...]

The reason for the call of increase access to AED’s on campuses is because of the sudden rash of young students athletes. La Porte high school trainer keeps an AED near by him at all time. “Coaches who tried to save a 16-year-old Katy runner who collapsed and died Oct. 6, were [...]

While the Governor of Texas wants to make sure that no kids in his state (Texas) dies from heart issue by providing state & federal funding to install a AED in every public school in Texas, the above three companies Boston Scientific, Medtronics and Guidant are involved in patent issue, law suits etc.
All I can [...]

Does the fact that AED’s which are now available in public areas such as airports, stadiums, and schools, can dramatically shortened the amount of time it takes for people to get their first heart rhythm-restoring shock after going into cardiac arrest?
The answer is yes, but the real question you should ask yourself - [...]

Matt Nader recently said that he believed that all schools should have an AED. Why? because an AED saved his life. He suffered from ventricular fibrillation, (which is a form of arrhythmia in which the heart’s electrical activity becomes disordered and the heart pumps little or no blood into the body or [...]

The governer of Texas really believe that AED can save lives. Public school are volnerable for heart issues, and AED can help. He’s pushing and trying to get funding. It won’t be cheap, but it will be well worth it.

Matt Nader (football player for the Westlake football team) was saved on the sidelines sometimes in September 2006 by AED. Lt. Governor David Dewhurst wants all the public shcools in Texas (about 8000 of them) to have one, and at least one staff member to be trained.
This incendent was the straw that broke [...]