KAUST Health & Safety | AED Risk Assessment

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In case of a medical emergency call 911 from a KAUST landline or 0128080911 from a mobile.
The need for an AED at your workplace should be assessed based on the various occupational factors that have a potential to influence the likelihood of a person sustaining a cardiac arrest.
An AED’s service area is any area within its radius that is accessible in 2.5 minutes.
Regularly review occupational workplace factors as changes can impact the risk level.
If you need an AED risk assessment to be done contact hse@kaust.edu.sa.

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KAUST HSE is the owner of the AED program at KAUST.
The risk estimation is based on the combination of the likelihood of a person sustaining a cardiac arrest and the consequence suffered. While evaluating the risk level the consequence is always assumed to be the most severe. The only variable in the estimation of the risk is the likelihood which is based on the five factors stated above.
As per the American Heart Association the recommended ‘drop to shock time’ is set at 5 minutes.
An AED can service an area in its radius that is 2.5 minutes away.