FOI 0361-2024/25- Defibrillators in the workplace
Request:
Please can you answer the following questions.
Q1. Do you have AEDs (defibrillators) in your workplace?
Q2. If yes, where are your AEDs stored? (e.g. in vehicles, in offices/stations, outside of building in a cabinet)
Q3. How many AEDs do you have?
Q4. What make & model are the AEDs please?
Q5. How old are the AEDs or what year were they purchased?
Q6. When would you look to replace your AEDs?
Q7. Who in the force deals with the maintenance of equipment such as AEDs?
Q8. Who is in charge of purchasing equipment such as AEDs?
Q9. Where do you purchase AEDs from?
Response:
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Q1. Yes
Q2. In vehicles and in/on buildings and some community ones externally.
Q3. 23
Q4. This is variable as some are community Defibs – Lifepak, Semi-automatic pocket defibrillator, Schiller FRED easyport® Defibrillator.
Q5. Most recent purchase was in 2022
Q6. The replacement dates of devices are not recorded they are however checked during Health and Safety Inspections several times a year. Therefore, unable to provide extra replacement dates.
Q7. Health and Safety - with Health and Safety building inspection checks, however different departments would deal with this i.e. training would look after their own.
Q8. Certain departments are able to order/purchase their own if required i.e training would order their own
Q9. Purchased through a variety of suppliers – last one being Physio- control UK sales Ltd. We also have local AEDs that are charity funded and are maintained through a national scheme.
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