True cost of an AED with/without a grant?

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Folks,

After a friend's teenager's life was saved by use of an AED at her high school, I started looking at ways to get AEDs for my kids' school, and at our church, which has a gym, a school, and a busy community center.

I've looked through a number of websites about AED grants, and can't find an answer to my question: How much of the AED cost do the grants typically cover?

If the grants only bring the price down to the "everyday low price", then I'd rather forgo the time-consuming grant application process.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help answer my question, How much of the AED costs do the grants typically cover?
 
That's going to vary grant to grant. I don't have any first hand experience with grants but I know the grant we just got last year for our Community Paramedicine Program pays for the program 100% including salaries/wages of the Community Medics, their supervisor and I believe their QA/I person as well.

Might be worth talking to your local FD or EMS agency about if they have any community AED programs where they provide AEDs to certain places like schools, malls, churches and what not.
 
Robb said:
Might be worth talking to your local FD or EMS agency about if they have any community AED programs where they provide AEDs to certain places like schools, malls, churches and what not.
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ditto.

also consider just launching a fundraising campaign if you are that gun ho about it. putting more AED's in public spaces is a great cause. because grants vary and it can be hard to write a good grant application/request, I have found that a simple community fundraising campaign with the help of a couple corporate sponsors gets the job done much easier. try this website for starting a fundraising campaign http://www.youcaring.com/
 
Someone good at writing grants should get the one at the school no problem.

I'm not sure on the prices but I believe everywhere should have one. We now have our police carrying them in our town as they get to scenes before us usually and have had the best outcomes with this.
 
Agreed.

I was going to say with all the time exerted searching for grants and then writing the grant and then waiting on a response for approval and then once approved, actually acquiring the device....you could host a pancake or car wash fund raiser and in 2 days have enough to make the purchase and get immediate delivery.

This is one of the grants I would pass on and just do it myself.

What if there is an "event" while waiting for the process to complete with no assurance that you will even get the grant?
 
Know your overhead. Check your local regs and laws for requirements about medical direction. Be sure to include the cost of obviously visible but secure storage (a cabinet), and ask the manufacturers about the service or shelf life of batteries, electrodes. Also about the cost of periodic updates, (ask if they are available at all) for the software. And be advised to have at least two spare sets of electrodes and one spare battery. If this will be used very very little, consider non-rechargeable batteries to save the cost and process of monitoring rechargeable ones. For trainings and updates, see if it is cheaper locally to hire a trainer periodically (update every two years, initial training as people are hired on) or buy yourself a simulator and have someone trained as a certified AED trainer (heck, go for CPR/AED'First Aid, the trifecta).
Above all other cost savers, don't let people mess with the real defibrillator.
 
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We (at my primary employer, non-EMS) use AED Superstore and pay less than $1,500 per AED w/ a cabinet and all that jazz. We're getting the Philips FRx's (26 of those on site, 29 total, 30 with our cardiac monitor; 1 per 80 employees, 1 per building and floor).
 
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