In Georgia, all AED programs are mandated to incorporate maintenance, training, notification of AED placement, EMS activation, reporting of AED use, and medical oversight. The Good Samaritan law offers protection exclusively for activities involving the utilization of AEDs, excluding other management aspects of AED programs. Immunity is not contingent upon adherence to specified administrative and operational criteria. Furthermore, Georgia necessitates the installation of AEDs in specific high schools and facilities where sedation or anesthesia procedures are performed, such as dentist offices or medical facilities.
Georgia Law Key Takeaways
- Good Samaritan Law: Protection from civil liability is extended to rescuers, owners or operators who install or provide an AED, medical directors of AED programs, and CPR/AED trainers.
- Training Responsibility: AED acquirers are tasked with ensuring that users receive proper training in CPR/AED.
- Preventative Maintenance: AED acquirers must inform EMS about the AED's location and type. They are also responsible for maintaining and testing the AED according to the manufacturer's operational guidelines.
- Medical Oversight: Medical oversight by a licensed physician is required for AED programs.
- School Mandate: Each public high school with an interscholastic athletics program must have at least one functional AED on-site at all times. Additionally, all students in grades 9-12 must receive CPR/AED training.
- Anesthesia/Sedation Facilities: Facilities performing conscious or deep sedation or general anesthesia are mandated to have a defibrillator on-site.
AED's save lives every day and you can make a difference! Besides the states requirements, we believe AED's should be readily available everywhere, within arms reach in case of an emergency.
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