Do you know the expected life of your medical equipment?

Most AED manufacturers recommend replacing AEDs every 8 to 10 years

Click on the picture that looks like your AED for a letter from the manufacturer. If your AED is not represented in these images, please read the letters below.

ZOLL AED+

Philips FRX

Philips HS1/OnSite

Letter From the American Hospital Association:

How Often Should AEDs Be Replaced?

According to the American Hospital Association’s Estimated Useful Lives of Depreciable Hospital Assets lists the average life expectancy of an AED at five years. The Department of the Army Technical Bulletin (TB MED 7) specifies the life expectancy of an AED at eight years.

A lot will depend on how you look after your AED, where you store it, and how often you’re dragging it out to use. If deployed in a vehicle, on a ship or in a marine environment the AED is going to get banged around a lot more. If it’s kept in a cabinet in a first-aid office, you’re probably going to get a few more years out of it.

Most AED manufacturers recommend replacing AEDS every 8 to 10 years. Electronic components degrade over time. Because AED have electronic components in them this degradation could lead to device failure. You don’t want your life saving device to experience electronic component failure at a rescue scene where a patient is involved.