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1 SAVING MORE LIVES IN COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES Are Your Offices and Buildings Prepared?

2 As the owner or manager of commercial real estate property, or as a tenant, you want everyone on your premises to be safe and secure. Now you can do even more help save a life from sudden cardiac arrest.

A sobering 13 percent of workplace deaths

there is treatment defibrillation and the

Anyone with minimal training can use the

When you save a life, you save a lifetime

JUST FOLLOW THE PROMPTS, APPLY THE PADS,

The only fully automatic AED available, it

3 Lifesaving Made Simple About every 1-2 minutes, someone collapses in sudden cardiac arrest. Although heart disease is a common cause, many people have no prior warning symptoms, are active and seemingly fit yet suddenly lose the best years of their lives. A sobering 13 percent of workplace deaths are caused by cardiac arrest. 1 There is hope, because there is treatment defibrillation and the sooner the better. Anyone with minimal training can use the LIFEPAK CR Plus AED (automated external defibrillator). It s lifesaving made simple. When you save a life, you save a lifetime and everyone it touches. JUST FOLLOW THE PROMPTS, APPLY THE PADS, AND STAND BACK The CR Plus shows and tells you exactly what to do, one step at a time, with voice commands and pictures. The only fully automatic AED available, it is so easy to use, all you have to do is follow the prompts, apply the pads, and stand back.* The defibrillator does the rest. Equipped with the latest technology used by more emergency services teams and hospitals, the CR Plus is designed to give a shock only if it detects a lethal rhythm. It adjusts energy levels to each person s needs. Preconnected electrodes help save precious time when seconds count. * Model with a shock button is also available.

4 IT S A RACE AGAINST TIME Even if your emergency medical services (EMS) team is close by, it may be out on another call or delayed by traffic, elevators or remote locations. Defibrillation within 3-5 minutes of arrest or sooner is the recommended goal 5 Survival rates drop 7-10 percent every minute without defibrillation 6 On average, EMS teams take 6-12 minutes to arrive 7 Studies show that when defibrillation is given within three minutes of collapsing, survival rates can increase from the typical 5-10 percent for arrests occurring outside the hospital to as high as 74 percent. 8 Do you want to risk a delay when a life is on the line? SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST? IN MY FACILITY? Sudden cardiac arrest strikes suddenly and without warning. As many as 450,000 people suffer cardiac arrest every year in the U.S. alone, 2 more than stroke, accidents and diabetes combined. 3 It s vital to call and start CPR, but it s not enough. The single most effective treatment for cardiac arrest is defibrillation, a shock delivered to the heart using a small electronic device known as a defibrillator. At first, only hospitals used these devices. When Medtronic made them portable, lifesaving defibrillation expanded to emergency medical services teams, and then to communities including commercial real estate properties. In an independent study of five AEDs on the market, the LIFEPAK CR Plus ranked No. 1 in ease of use. 4 SAVING MORE LIVES AT ANY AGE Commercial properties can be hubs of activity, attracting people of all ages, children and adults. Your CR Plus and optional infant/child electrodes make it possible to give potentially lifesaving defibrillation to anyone in sudden cardiac arrest.* AEDs enable anyone with minimal training to help save a life. That person could be you or someone else in your facility.

5 KEY POINTS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGERS All states now have Good Samaritan laws providing limited immunity for AED ownership and use. The federal Cardiac Arrest Survival Act (CASA) of 2000 encourages placement of AEDs in federal buildings. It also enhances state Good Samaritan laws by ensuring federal liability protection for those who acquire or use an AED to help save a life. OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) the National Safety Council and BOMA International (Building Owners and Managers Association) also support wider accessibility of AEDs. BOMA International has published a guide, The Property Professional s Guide to Managing an AED Program 9, that explains how to bring AEDs to commercial properties. Having AEDs readily available can be an important component of your risk management portfolio. You can also integrate your AEDs with your security system, which can offer these benefits: rapid notification of your building management of an on-site cardiac arrest, faster access to the victim by inhouse and EMS responders, and deterrence for tampering and theft. Placing AEDs in monitored wall cabinets makes them easier to find in a medical emergency and can shorten response time by internal rescuers and the EMS team. THE ONLY COMPLETE, WORRY-FREE AED PROGRAM Although AEDs are simple to use, starting an AED program may seem daunting. LIFEPAK Heart Safe Solutions takes care of all the details, relieving you of the extra administrative load. And because board certified physicians and professional managers of AED programs oversee the program, it can ease your liability concerns. It includes: LIFEPAK CR Plus AED and wall cabinet AED/CPR training and skills refreshment Medical direction and oversight Site assessment for AED placement Filing paperwork for state and local requirements Toll-free administrative/clinical hotline/web alert Online tracking/supply replenishment AED Implementation Guide for building owners and managers Data download for transfer of data to the state EMS office, physicians and others as appropriate Our complete AED program takes care of everything for you, bringing you peace of mind as the owner or manager of a commercial real estate property. * QUIK-PAK electrodes that come with your CR Plus can be used on anyone eight years or older, or someone who weighs more than 55 lbs (25 kg). Our Infant/Child Reduced Energy Defibrillation Electrodes can be used on those under eight years and less than 55 lbs.

6 LIFEPAK CR Plus Defibrillator THE RESPONSIBLE, LIFESAVING DECISION When you choose Medtronic, you have the world leader in medical technology behind you. Medtronic pioneered defibrillation nearly 50 years ago, and is now the leading provider of the defibrillators used worldwide to save the lives of people in sudden cardiac arrest. With a LIFEPAK defibrillator, you join the ranks of professionals that have relied on the LIFEPAK brand for decades. Because of their reputation for quality and reliability, more hospitals and emergency medical services teams prefer LIFEPAK defibrillators to any other. In fact, nine out of the top 10 emergency medical services in the U.S. have a LIFEPAK defibrillator onboard. To learn more about how our team can help you, call or visit References 1. OSHA 2, Zheng, Z., Croft, J., Giles, W., Mensah, G Sudden cardiac death I the United States, Circulation, 104: National Center for Health Statistics 4. Human Factors International. May Guidelines 2000 for Cardiovascular Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Circulation 102 (8) I Cummins, R. O., From concept to standard-of-care? Review of the clinical experience with automated external defibrillators. Annals of Emergency Medicine 18: Medtronic review of published literature. 8. Valenzuela, T. D., et al Outcomes of rapid defibrillation by security officers after cardiac arrest in casinos. New England Journal of Medicine, 343 (17): Available at LIFEPAK AEDs are prescription devices. They are intended for use on people in cardiac arrest. AED users should be trained in CPR and use of the AED. Although not everyone can be saved from cardiac arrest, studies show that early defibrillation can dramatically improve survival rates. Medtronic Physio-Control Willows Road NE P. O. Box Redmond, WA USA Tel: Fax: Europe Tolochenaz, Switzerland Tel: Fax: Switzerland Tolochenaz, Switzerland Tel: Fax: Canada Mississauga, Ontario Tel: Fax: United Kingdom, Ireland Watford, Great Britain Tel: Fax: France Boulogne-Billancourt, France Tel: Fax: Germany Dusseldorf, Germany Tel: Fax: Austria Vienna, Austria Tel: Fax: Italy Milan, Italy Tel: Fax: Netherlands Kerkrade, The Netherlands Tel: Fax: Spain Madrid, Spain Tel: Fax: Scandinavia Järfälla, Sweden Tel: Fax: Asia Pacific Christchurch, New Zealand Tel: Fax: Latin America & Caribbean Weston, Florida USA Tel: Fax: Middle East Beirut, Lebanon Tel: Fax: Hungary Budapest, Hungary Tel: Fax: Poland Warsaw, Poland Tel: Fax: Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic Tel: Fax: People s Republic of China Shanghai, China Tel: Fax: South Africa Bedfordview, South Africa Tel: Fax: Japan Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan Tel: Fax: Australia Sydney, Australia Tel: Fax: Israel Even-Yehuda, Israel Tel: Fax: PHYSIO-CONTROL and LIFEPAK are registered trademarks of Medtronic Physio-Control Corp. QUIK-PAK is a trademark of Medtronic Physio-Control Corp. Medtronic is a registered trademark of Medtronic, Inc. Specifications subject to change without notice Medtronic Physio-Control Corp. MIN / CAT XXXX

A Guide to Implementing an AED. Program

1 A Guide to Implementing an AED Program INTRODUCTION Implementing an AED program not only reduces risk exposure but can mean the difference between life and death. It requires a fully managed plan that