Guidance: Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in schools

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Automated external defibrillators (AEDs): a guide for maintained schools and academies

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Details

This information is for:

local-authority-maintained schools
academies

It provides details on how to:

install, use and maintain an AED in school
buy an AED

The guides buying arrangements are also open to:

independent schools
further education colleges
local-authority-maintained nursery schools
independent nursery schools
pre-school establishments
private, voluntary and independent nurseries
playgroups
holiday and out-of-school providers

An AED is a machine you can use to give an electric shock to a person to restore their normal heart rhythm.

Contact

The AED operations team

Email AED.operations@education.gov.uk

Published 26 November 2014
Last updated 20 January 2023 +show all updates

20 January 2023
'Automated external defibrillators (AEDs): a guide for maintained schools and academies' has been updated.
23 September 2022
Information on the on-site automated external defibrillators (AED) survey has been added.
31 October 2019
Updated to reflect the latest AED purchasing arrangements.
11 September 2018
Replaced document with updated version. Page 5 - amendment to the review section to say 'Other sections of the guide will be kept under review and updated as necessary'. Page 11 - updates to the contact phone number and email address.
7 February 2018
On page 11 of the guide, the contact number to call to order a defibrillator has been changed.
19 June 2017
Updated to reflect the latest AED purchasing arrangements.
28 April 2016
Updated document to reflect a reduction in price for defibrillators.
9 October 2015
Document updated to reflect a change in the price of defibrillators.
29 July 2015
Updates to the document, including revised sections on who the guide is for and purchasing an AED, and a new annex B which lists support arrangements for AEDs.
12 March 2015
Updated the list of who this information is for.
19 January 2015
NHS Supply contact number updated.
26 November 2014
First published.

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