Posted on 02/03/2011

"If regulatory hurdles increase, public access to AEDs will decrease," said Mary Newman, president of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation, in a letter that was published in The New York Times on February 3.  "That would be devastating news for the 295,000 people who suffer sudden death outside hospitals each year— and a giant step backward in the quest to improve survival from the nation’s leading killer."

The letter was prompted by an article in the Times by Duff Wilson about the Food and Drug Administration's recent public hearing regarding reclassification of AEDs. 

To read the letter, click here

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