Six Months Experience with Automated External Defibrillators (aeds) in A University Teaching Hospital

St.Vincent's is a university teaching hospital in Melbourne Australia with approximately 300 acute and 80 sub-acute inpatient beds. Biphasic AEDs with manual override capability were deployed to 17 clinical areas in November 2007. This deployment did not include critical care areas, where manual defibrillators were retained. A staff training program preceded the deployment.