Automated External Defibrillator (AED) System.

Contents

  1. Scope of AED Scheme
  2. AED Scheme Management
  3. Documentation
  4. Equipment type, location and signage
  5. Operative Training and Register
  6. Maintenance of Equipment
  7. Use of AED Equipment
  8. Actions in Case of Emergency
  9. Other Information

1. Scope of the Scheme. The UL AED Scheme is coordinated by the UL Health and Safety Office and its primary goal is to assist in the case of on-site suspected cardiac arrest amongst UL students, staff and visitors. The university maintains a panel of suitably trained AED operatives and a number of AED units are deployed across the campus in key locations. The units are NOT intended for off-site use or by those without current training and certification.

2. Definitions.

Automated external defibrillator (AED): A computerised medical device that analyses heart rhythm to detect cardiac arrest and delivers an electric shock to the heart if necessary.

Cardiac arrest: A significant life-threatening event when a person’s heart stops or fails to produce a pulse.

3. AED Scheme Management. The Health & Safety Office serves as the scheme co-ordinator and will assist and liaise with departments and administrative units about AED management on campus; this includes AED equipment location, updates to legislation and regulations, training, procedures, documentation and all other aspects of the scheme. Departments and administrative units where AED’s are located are responsible for the arrangement of routine (weekly) inspections of the AED by trained AED staff members within respective AED location areas, i.e.

  • PESS BUILDING – RECEPTION
  • STUDENT MEDICAL CENTRE, FINANCE
  • HEALTH SCIENCES BUILDING – RECEPTION
  • LIBRARY – SECURITY RECEPTION
  • GEMS-SECURITY RECEPTION
  • PAVILION-BASEMENT
  • MAIN BUILDING-ACCOUNTS OFFICE A2030
  • MAIN BUILDING-RECEPTION
  • UL SPORTS ARENA-RECEPTION
  • UCH-RECEPTION
  • KEMMY BUSINESS SCHOOL-SECURITY RECPTION
  • IWAMD-SECURITY RECEPTION

The AED located at Reception in the Main Building is inspected by the Health&Safety Office.

4. Documentation. There should be one document covering all aspects of the scheme, it should be updated regularly and should be available on the UL Health and Safety web pages. A current list of trained AED operatives including their mobile phone numbers, internal extensions and office location (Building) should be posted alongside the equipment and at Main Reception and Security Centre. This list, with the mobile numbers removed, should be included as Appendix A in this document. The operating manual of the AED unit should be included in Appendix B in the form of a PDF document protected against unsolicited copying and printing. A current printed copy is available on request from Health and Safety Office.

5.Equipment type, Location and Signage. The university owns a number of AED units, all of a similar type (Power Heart AED G3) except in the GEMS Building where a ZOLL AED Plus is used (Fig 1). New units purchased will, as far as possible, be similar in type and operation, in order to provide continuity and consistency across campus.

These units are located as follows:

  • PESS BUILDING – RECEPTION
  • MAIN BUILDING –RECEPTION, STUDENT MEDICAL CENTRE, FINANCE
  • HEALTH SCIENCES BUILDING – RECEPTION
  • LIBRARY – SECURITY RECEPTION
  • GEMS-SECURITY RECEPTION
  • PAVILION-BASEMENT
  • MAIN BUILDING-ACCOUNTS OFFICE A2030
  • MAIN BUILDING-RECEPTION
  • UL SPORTS ARENA-RECEPTION
  • UCH-RECEPTION
  • KEMMY BUSINESS SCHOOL-SECURITY RECPTION
  • IWAMD-SECURITY RECEPTION

Each unit is located in a wall mounted cabinet of a distinctive type (Fig 2). The cabinet contains the AED unit and a list of AED trained operatives with telephone numbers. The AED unit is located in a purpose built carrying case and suspended by its handle on a carrier. Removal from the cabinet immediately sets of an audible alarm and flashing light. This can be immediately disabled with a key located on a chain within the cabinet.

The carrying case should contain four things:

1. The AED unit itself, including a set of electrodes within the lid of the unit.

2. In a pocket, spare electrode set(s)

3. In a pocket, within a sealed transparent plastic bag, a set of assistive
equipment: Razor, towel, wipes, shears, mask and gloves.
4. A hard copy of this document

Staff working adjacent to each unit should be suitably trained in order to be able to assist those sent to fetch such equipment in an emergency.

The AED locations have been chosen as both strategic and reasonably secure. Each is identified by prominent signage (Fig 3) and placed beside a telephone.

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6. Operative Training and Register. The university will provide suitable training (and refresher) courses on a regular basis. All UL employees will be encouraged to undertake AED training. The training is delivered by a competent trainer and operative refresher courses are required every 24months .The Health and Safety Office maintains a register of all university staff who have trained as AED operatives. The list of certified operatives will be updated regularly and copies placed in the AED locations and in the appendix to this document.

7. Maintenance of Equipment. The Health & Safety office will keep a record of all purchases, deployments,machine use, incidents, inspections, repairs, shortages and so forth as may be observed or reported. In particular, a system will be maintained which ensures that a monthly check of all AED inspection records is carried out and recorded by the Health&Safety Office.

8. Use of the AED equipment. The AED scheme provides equipment and training and it is intended that the AED units will be inspected and used only by those with current training and certification. There should normally be no need for untrained persons to use the equipment. The university provides insurance cover for those who have been trained, under this scheme, to use the equipment in an emergency. There may be circumstances where individuals trained elsewhereare in the best position to provide assistance to a casualty and should not be actively discouraged from providing assistance. There is an obligation on all individuals offering to provide assistance to any or all casualties to work within the limits of their competence and training.

9. Actions in the case of an emergency. In the event of a suspected cardiac arrest, members of the campus population should be aware that an AED scheme is in place and that the correct procedure is to call the MainReception;

(UL emergency number is 3333).

All Reception Staff and Security staff who may receive an emergency call should be familiar with the emergency procedure, AED locations and the UL campus map.

They should take the following actions:

•Ask for and record clearly the exact location of the emergency

•Ask the caller to stay on the line and immediately send someone to fetch an AED from the nearest location –tell them where that is.

•Ask a colleague or bystander to immediately call 999 and request a cardiac ambulance to University of Limerick, location as given.

•Record the name and phone number of the caller, symptoms of the casualty AND ask if they (or anyone nearby) have CPR and/or AED training (record the answer).

•Immediately call the location of the AED to warn them to expect someone and to prepare the unit for immediate removal. (E.g. open cabinet, switch off alarm etc).

•Immediately start calling persons on the “AED operatives list” using mobile phone numbers. Continue until TWO persons have acknowledged that they will attend immediately.

10. OtherInformation The AED scheme relies heavily on the use of volunteers and equipment which can be used at short notice under stressful conditions. The survival chances of a cardiac arrest victim are improved significantly by rapid intervention, initially by First Aiders, then by the Ambulance Service. Whilst the university can provide a pool of adequately trained operatives and numerous AED units in strategic locations, the casualty will only benefit IF both the operative and the AED unit arrive at the casualty very soon after the incident is identified, usually by colleagues or passers by. Similarly, the ambulance service needs to arrive promptly and therefore needs to be alerted as soon as possible, but not before the AED unit has been called for.

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Appendix A

(AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR)

AUTHORISED USER LIST, BY BUILDING

Issued May 2014

Name / Area/Building / Training Completed / Ext Number
Michael Larvin / GEMS / 10/02/2014 / 2695
Rachel Connaughton / GEMS / 10/02/2014 / 4851
Miranda Kiernan / GEMS / 10/02/2014 / 3774
Madeline O'Sullivan / GEMS / 10/02/2014 / 2927
Jeffrey Lennon / GEMS / 10/02/2014 / 4920
Rosemary Daly / GEMS / 10/02/2014 / 4701
Margaret Toomey / GEMS / 10/02/2014 / 3748
James McDonnell / Security / 28/01/2014 / 860233141
Timothy Casey / Security / 28/01/2014 / 860233141
James Larkin / Security / 28/01/2014 / 860233141
J.P Murphy / Security / 28/01/2014 / 860233141
Noel Guinane / Main Building / 25/02/2014 / 3458
Liam Fallon / Main Building / 25/02/2014 / 2074
Damian Daly / Main Building / 25/02/2014 / 2758
Brian O'Shaughnessy / Main Building / 28/01/2014 / 2520
Timothy Smyth / Main Building / 28/01/2014 / 2162
James Kelly / Main Building / 11/04/2013 / 3042
Ken Harris / Main Building / 21/01/2014 / 2057
Brian Nestor / Main Building / 21/01/2014 / 2357
Paddy Kelly / Main Building / 21/01/2014 / 2057
Clive Considine / Main Building / 21/01/2014 / 2907
Tom Casey / Main Building / 21/01/2014 / 2907
Jamie O'Sullivan / Main Building / 21/01/2014 / 2907
Patrick Johnson / Main Building / 21/01/2014 / 2208
Edel Quinn / Main Building / 21/01/2014 / 3124
Emily Spencer / Main Building / 21/01/2014 / 2248
Catherine Adley / Main Building / 21/01/2014 / 2646
Deirdre Murphy / Main Building / 26/11/2013 / 2462
Donncha Corrigan / Main Building / 26/11/2013 / 2226
Sinead Walsh / Main Building / 26/11/2013 / 2520
Roy Daly / Main Building / 21/10/2013 / 0858487438
Kelly O'Connor / Main Building / 21/10/2013 / 2006
Cathriona Kinsella / Main Building / 21/10/2013 / 4854
Peach Wallace / Main Building / 21/10/2013 / 2418
Damian Daly / Main Building / 22/10/2013 / 2758
Ciara Tuohy / Main Building / 22/10/2013 / 2263
Kieran Gallery / Main Building / 22/10/2013 / 3319
Michael Byrne / Main Building / 22/10/2013 / 2211
James Kelly / Main Building / 11/04/2013 / 3042
Maria Quinn / Main Building / 11/04/2013 / 2490
Philip Thornton / Main Building / 11/04/2013 / 2239
Joseph Coleman / Main Building / 24/05/2012 / 4206
Mamie Hayes / Main Building / 22/05/2012 / 2010
Nigel Coleman / Main Building / 24/05/2012 / 4264
Natalie Nic An Ghaill / Main Building / 23/05/2012 / 2487
Adrian Thomas / Main Building / 24/04/2012 / 2096
Maria Quinn / Main Building / 11/04/2013 / 2490
Philip Thornton / Main Building / 11/04/2013 / 2239
Tanya Prior / Main Building / 23/05/2012 / 4322
Ber O'Connell / Main Building / 25/04/2012 / 3164
Suzanne Nicholas Barry / UCH / 25/02/2014 / 2682
Joanne Fitzpatrick / UCH / 22/10/2013
Alan Dormer / UCH / 24/04/2012
Mario Beck / UCH / 24/04/2012
David Byrne / UCH / 24/04/2012
Kay Baggott / UCH / 26/04/2012
Chris Rowley / UCH / 26/04/2012
Conor O'Donovan / UCH / 26/04/2012
Mary Heffernan / UCH / 26/04/2012
Kay Ryan / UCH / 25/04/2012
Bart Kiely / UCH / 25/04/2012
Patricia O'Shea / UCH / 25/04/2012
Siobhan Dolphin / UCH / 25/04/2012
Mats Melin / IWAMD / 17/01/2013 / 2542
Orfhlaith Ni Bhrian / IWAMD / 17/01/2013 / 2470
Triona McCaffrey / IWAMD / 07/12/2011 / 4358
Catherine Foley / IWAMD / 07/12/2011 / 2922
Mary Nunan / IWAMD / 07/12/2011 / 3464
Melissa Carty / IWAMD / 07/12/2011 / 2590
Aileen Dillane / IWAMD / 07/12/2011 / 2159
Ann Marie Ralph / PESS / 28/01/2014 / 3246
Beate Gilson / PESS / 28/01/2014 / 4779
PJ Smyth / PESS / 28/01/2014 / 2824
Louise Masterson / PESS / 21/01/2014 / 4746
Helen Quain / PESS / 21/01/2014 / 2895
Elizabeth Stundon / PESS / 22/10/2013 / 3426
Ian Kenny / PESS / 25/05/2013 / 4308
Ann-Marie Young / PESS / 17/01/2013 / 4674
Michelle Norris / PESS / 17/01/2013 / 4715
Stephen Clothier / PESS / 19/02/2013 / 3083
Rachel Turner / PESS / 23/05/2012 / 4746
Rhoda Sohun / PESS / 22/05/2012 / 4185
D.J Collins / PESS / 22/05/2012 / 3075
Michelle Dillon / PESS / 26/04/2012 / 4779
Edel Gissane / Library / 28/01/2014 / 2179
Alan Hayes / Library / 21/01/2014 / 3038
Declan Maguire / Library / 22/10/2013 / 2054
Peter Reilly / Library / 24/01/2013 / 4380
Tracy Howard / Library / 24/01/2013 / 3131
Donna O'Doibhlin / Library / 24/01/2013 / 2924
Sean Fox / Library / 24/01/2013 / 2166
Julie Rayson Ward / Library / 17/01/2013 / 3131
Pauline Sexton / Library / 17/01/2013 / 2736
Chris Murphy / Library / 26/04/2012 / 2053
Sean Fox / Library / 24/01/2013 / 2166
Gemma Connaughton / Schrodinger / 21/01/2014 / 4766
Fintan Mannix / Schrodinger Bld / 21/01/2014 / 3267
Amy Fitzgerald / Schrodinger Bld / 26/11/2013 / 2904
Gerard O'Connor / Schrodinger Bld / 11/04/2013 / 2869
Seamus Harold / Schrodinger Bld / 19/02/2013 / 3298
Valerie Cliffe / Schrodinger Bld / 17/01/2013 / 2879
Joseph Murray / Schrodinger Bld / 10/06/2012 / 4374
Alaistair Sutherland / Schrodinger / 22/05/2012 / 4784
Trevor Hickey / Schrodinger / 26/04/2012 / 2894
John Mulligan / Schrodinger / 24/04/2012 / 2863
Stephanie Brosnan / Health Sciences / 17/01/2013 / 3139
Trish Montgomery / Health Sciences / 24/05/2012 / 4117
Dympna Tuohy / Health Sciences / 26/04/2012 / 4213
Aine Kearns / Health Sciences / 27/04/2012 / 3794
Alastair Waddell / ERB / 25/02/2014 / 2471
Michael Kelleher / ERB / 25/02/2014 / 4280
Adrienne Horan / ERB / 22/10/2013 / 3361
Seamus Hickey / ERB / 22/10/2013 / 2471
David Egan / ERB / 21/10/2013 / 3364
Sylvia Carroll / ERB / 21/10/2013 / 3438
Ronan O'Boyle / ERB / 24/01/2013 / 3445
Matthew Daniels / ERB / 24/01/2013 / 3538
Cliona O'Riordan / ERB / 23/05/2012
Sean McGrath / ERB / 25/04/2012 / 2608
Naomi Birdthistle / KBS / 21/10/2013 / 3084
Michelle Cunningham / KBS / 21/10/2013 / 2627
Deirdre O'Dwyer / KBS / 21/10/2013 / 2230
Chris Exton / CSIS / 26/11/2013 / 3108
Mikael Fernstrom / CSIS / 26/04/2012 / 2606
David Jones / MSSI / 27/03/2014 / 4164
James McNamara / MSSI / 21/01/2014 / 4161
David Tanner / MSSI / 22/10/2013 / 4130
Brid O'Brien May / MSSI / 19/02/2013 / 3457
Wynette Reddington / MSSI / 10/06/2012 / 2821
Sile DeCleir / Languages / 21/10/2013 / 2972
Patricia Moriarty / Drumoe Village / 22/10/2013 / 2130
Noel Copse / Grounds / 25/02/2014 / 2835
Denis Walsh / Grounds / 22/10/2013 / 2835
Emma T Foley / Plassey House / 25/02/2014 / 4688
Pat Phelan / Plassey House / 28/01/2014 / 2865
Michael O'Connor / Pavilion / 21/01/2014 / 876392222
Mike Jones / ULAC / 061-376622
Kaye Morrissey / ULAC / 11/04/2013 / 061-376622
Chris Exton / CSIS / 26/11/2013 / 3108
Gemma Swift / CSIS / 19/02/2013 / 2783

Appendix B

AED Operating Manual

Available at , Services, Services and Facilities, Health&Safety, AED information and location.

Appendix C

System for periodic inspection of AED units

  • Appointment of volunteers
  • Duties and responsibilities of volunteers
  • Inspection process including criterion for pass/fail
  • Inspection checklist (see attached). Current revision available at
  • Services, Services and Facilities,Health & Safety, AED Information and Location.
  • Procedure for check on weekly checklists and follow up actions
  • Register of inspections and follow up actions.

AED Inspection Record Sheet

Date:

Time:

Inspected by:

AED Identification:

Inspection Checklist (please tick)

Pass Fail

Status Indicator is GREEN in colour:

Exterior/Cables:

Nothing stored on top of unit

Carry case is intact and clean

Exterior of AED is clean/undamaged

Cables clean/undamaged

Cables securely attached to unit

Pair electrodes present and attached to cables

Pair attached electrodes in date

Battery:

Battery present and attached to unit

Battery in date

Battery charged for use

Supplies:

Two sets spare electrodes present

Electrodes in sealed packages and in date

Razor

Towel

Wipes

Shears

Mask

Gloves (medium/large)

Operation:

Unit self-test as per instructions

  1. visual indicators
  2. verbal prompts

Signature:

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