Washington AED Laws

(4) Current cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification.

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Medical emergency response and automated external defibrillator program. (1) An automated external defibrillator is often a critical component in the chain of survival for a cardiac arrest victim. (2) The office of the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with school districts and stakeholder groups, shall develop guidance for a medical emergency response and automated external defibrillator program for high schools. (3) The medical emergency response and automated external defibrillator program must comply with current evidence-based guidance from the American heart association or other national science organization.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction. (1) Each school district that operates a high school must offer instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation to students as provided in this section. Beginning with the 2013-14 school year, instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation must be included in at least one health class necessary for graduation. (2) Instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation under this section must: (a) Be an instructional program developed by the American heart association or the American red cross or be nationally recognized and based on the most current national evidence-based emergency cardiovascular care guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (b) Include appropriate use of an automated external defibrillator, which may be taught by video; and (3) School districts may offer the instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation directly or arrange for the instruction to be provided by available community-based providers. The instruction is not required to be provided by a certificated teacher. Certificated teachers providing the instruction are not required…

Semiautomatic external defibrillator—Duty of acquirer—Immunity from civil liability. (1) As used in this section, "defibrillator" means a semiautomatic external defibrillator as prescribed by a physician licensed under chapter 18.71 RCW or an osteopath licensed under chapter 18.57 RCW. (2) A person or entity who acquires a defibrillator shall ensure that: (a) Expected defibrillator users receive reasonable instruction in defibrillator use and cardiopulmonary resuscitation by a course approved by the department of health. (b) The defibrillator is maintained and tested by the acquirer according to the manufacturer's operational guidelines. (c) Upon acquiring a defibrillator, medical direction is enlisted by the acquirer from a licensed physician in the use of the defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (d) The person or entity who acquires a defibrillator shall notify the local emergency medical services organization about the existence and the location of the defibrillator; and (e) The defibrillator user shall call 911 or its local…

(4) The written examination shall cover the following subjects: (a) Head and oral anatomy and physiology. (b) oral pathology. (c) partial denture construction and design. (d) microbiology. (e) clinical dental technology. (f) dental laboratory technology. (g) clinical jurisprudence. (h) asepsis. (i) medical emergencies; and (j) cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

"Advance directive," as used in this chapter, means any document indicating a resident's choice with regard to a specific service, treatment, medication or medical procedure option that may be implemented in the future such as power of attorney health care directive, limited or restricted treatment cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), do not resuscitate (DNR), and organ tissue donation.

(u) Providing assistance to a cardiopulmonary resuscitation team in response to a life-threatening situation.

When anesthetic agents of any kind are administered, the dentist and staff must have access to an AED or defibrillator. The AED or defibrillator must be available and in reach within 60 seconds.

(a) Make an automated external defibrillator available and accessible to employees when work is being performed on, or in close proximity to, high voltage lines and equipment by two or more employees. (b) Conduct regular maintenance and annual inspections of the automated external defibrillator to ensure operability and availability; and (c) Provide training or facilitate the provision of training to ensure there are at least two employees proficient on the proper and safe use of the automated external defibrillator at any site involving work on, or in close proximity to, high voltage lines and equipment. To be considered proficient, an employee must have completed initial or updated training within the previous two years.

(1) In addition to the requirements of WAC 296-32-22515 the employer must ensure that at least two employees on-site are trained and hold current certifications in basic first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) issued by the American Red Cross or any other organization whose standards are equivalent to the American Red Cross. Employees working alone must have basic first-aid training and hold a valid first-aid certificate.

(3) "Brain death" as defined by the American heart association means the irreversible death of brain cells that begins four to six minutes after cardiac arrest. (6) "First responder" means provision of initial assessment and basic first-aid intervention, including cardiac pulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator capability.

The legislature intends for city fire departments to set standards for addressing the reporting and accountability of substantially career fire departments, and to specify performance measures applicable to response time objectives for certain major services. The legislature acknowledges the efforts of the international city/county management association, the international association of fire chiefs, and the national fire protection association for the organization and deployment of resources for fire departments. The arrival of first responders with automatic external defibrillator capability before the onset of brain death, and the arrival of adequate fire suppression resources before flash-over is a critical event during the mitigation of an emergency, and is in the public's best interest. For these reasons, this chapter contains performance measures, comparable to that research, relating to the organization and deployment of fire suppression operations, emergency medical operations, and special operations by substantially career fire departments. This chapter does not, and is…

(3) "Brain death" as defined by the American heart association means the irreversible death of brain cells that begins four to six minutes after cardiac arrest. (7) "First responder" means provision of initial assessment and basic first-aid intervention, including cardiac pulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator capability.

(c) Proof of current certification in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

(19) "CPR" means cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Requiring automated external defibrillators to be available and accessible when work is being performed on high voltage lines and equipment.

Requiring semiautomatic external defibrillator at fitness centers.

Revised for Engrossed: Concerning medical equipment in schools.Original: Concerning bleeding control equipment in schools.