Title
a. Receive and approve the status report on Senate Bill (SB) 658, Automated External Defibrillators; and
b. Approve the acceptance of the Tyler Heart Institute Grant.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Receive, review and approve the status report on Senate Bill (SB) 658, Automated External Defibrillators; and
b. Approve the acceptance of the Tyler Heart Institute Grant
SUMMARY:
SB 658 modifies existing regulation regarding the placement, training and use of Automatic External Defibrillators (AED), and the creation and operation of Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) programs. SB 658 removes requirements from California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Chapter 1.9, Sections 100031 through 100043. SB 658 was supported by a broad coalition of medical, emergency services, hospital, and cardiac care advocates because they considered the previous regulatory schema restrictive, complicated, and inhibiting to the creation and expansion of AED/PAD programs.
A Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) Program is a program that places an AED, usually at a fixed location, such as a pool, health club, school or office building, with personnel trained in the use of the AED. PAD programs are typically operated by building owners, business organizations or government agencies.
Effective January 1, 2016, SB 658 modifies existing law related to the placement, training, and use of an AED and operation of a PAD program. Three of the most significant changes resulting from SB 658 are:
* Any person trained in the use of an AED may use an AED during an emergency. Previous language restricted the use of the AED to persons that had been trained by that specific organization. Thus, under the previous language, a visitor to a business that had a PAD program, could not use their AED to aid a cardiac arrest victim, even if that person was trained to use the device.
* A medical director or physician and surgeon is no longer required to be involv...
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