Automatic External Defibrillator | Alberta Municipalities

Resolution Category Provincial Scope 11

Subject Social

Year 2013

Status Defeated

Sponsor - Mover

Fairview, Town of

Active Clauses

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association urge the Government of Alberta to amend the Alberta Safety Code to require the installation of Automatic External Defibrillators (AED) in all public facilities.

FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association urge Government of Alberta to mandate that owners and employees working in public facilities maintain certification for Basic First Aid including cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automatic external defibrillator equipment.

Whereas Clauses

WHEREAS approximately 40,000 people in Canada experience a sudden cardiac arrest each year, representing one sudden cardiac arrest every 12 minutes;

WHEREAS studies indicate that 92% of Sudden Cardiac Arrest patients may survive if shocked in the first two minutes;

WHEREAS 75% percent of sudden cardiac arrest deaths in children occur on school property (USA statistic- no records kept in Canada); and

WHEREAS ventricular fibrillation (v-fib) is the most common cause of cardiac arrest, and is treated with electrical shock.