Editing Automated external defibrillator (section)

===Placement and availability===
[[Image:AED Oimachi 06z1399sv.jpg|thumb|upright|An AED at a railway station in [[Japan]]]]
Automated external defibrillators are generally either kept where health professionals and first responders can use them (health facilities and ambulances) as well as public access units which can be found in public places including corporate and government offices, shopping centres, restaurants, hotels, public transport, and any other location where people may congregate.
[[Image:ISO 7010 E010.svg|130px|thumb|The universal AED sign, developed by the [[International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation]] and adopted as [[ISO 7010]] E010]]

In order to make them highly visible, public access AEDs are often brightly coloured and are mounted in protective cases near the entrance of a building. When these protective cases are opened or the defibrillator is removed, some will sound a buzzer to alert nearby staff to their removal, though this does not necessarily summon emergency services; trained AED operators should know to phone for an ambulance when sending for or using an AED.  In September 2008, the [[International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation]] issued a 'universal AED sign' to be adopted throughout the world to indicate the presence of an AED, and this is shown on the right.<ref>{{cite web|title=ILCOR presents a universal AED sign|publisher=[[European Resuscitation Council]]|url=http://www.erc.edu/index.php/newsItem/en/nid=204/|access-date=2019-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811024215/https://www.erc.edu/index.php/newsItem/en/nid=204/|archive-date=2016-08-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A trend that is developing is the purchase of AEDs to be used in the home, particularly by those with known existing heart conditions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heartstarthome.com/content/why_defibrillators/why_defibs2_detail.asp|title=Heartstart Home Defibrillator|publisher=Philips Electronics|access-date=2007-06-15| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070613234818/http://www.heartstarthome.com/content/why_defibrillators/why_defibs2_detail.asp| archive-date= 13 June 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> The number of devices in the community has grown as prices have fallen to affordable levels. There has been some concern among medical professionals that these home users do not necessarily have appropriate training,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/business/03jolt.html|title=Do It Yourself: The Home Heart Defibrillator|last=Barnaby|first=Barnaby J|date=2005-05-03|access-date=2007-06-15|work=New York Times}}</ref> and many advocate the more widespread use of community responders, who can be appropriately trained and managed.

Typically, an AED kit will contain a [[Pocket mask|face shield]] for providing a barrier between patient and first aider during rescue breathing; a pair of [[nitrile rubber]] gloves; a pair of [[trauma shears]] for cutting through a patient's clothing to expose the chest; a small towel for wiping away any moisture on the chest, and a razor for shaving those with very hairy chests.<ref>''CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer'', ''supra'', p. 65 ("[a] safety surgical razor should be included in the AED kit.")  The other items not directly mentioned in this text but are used in AED preparation, such as the gloves (used throughout patron assessment) and the towel, as the chest should be dried prior to AED pad attachment (id, at p. 64).</ref>