August 17, 2006 – The prompt actions of two travelers at San Diego International Airport – combined with assistance from Airport Traffic Officers and emergency procedures administered by Harbor Police officers using one of many on-site Automated External Defibrillator (AED) machines – helped save the life of a 55-year old man who collapsed outside of Terminal 1 on the morning of August 15, 2006.

The save is the fifth at the Airport involving an AED. The AED program was implemented almost
five years ago in conjunction with San Diego Project Heart Beat, a nationally recognized Early Access
Defibrillation program managed by the San Diego Medical Services Enterprise. The Airport’s AED machines have an 86% (6 out of 7) survival rate for deployments on actual cardiac arrest victims.