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About 40 percent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in people under 18 involve student-athletes, according to the American Heart Association. Most schools already own AEDs. Here is how to check whether they are where the athletes actually train.

The laws ask for behaviors under time pressure, not documents. Here is how to run a forty-minute venue walk-through at each field, gym and pool before the season peaks, and what to do with what you find.

Two deadlines, a year apart, mean California youth sports programs and municipal recreation departments need to treat AED placement as a 2026 budgeting decision, not a 2027 one.

A cardiac emergency response plan is not a document. It is an inventory problem wearing a policy costume. Here are the six facts every plan depends on.

Six states have new school cardiac emergency requirements landing on the 2026-27 school year. A new investigation found most districts in one Texas county have no plan at all. Here is what each state now requires and how to audit your own readiness before October.

A 2026 guide to AED requirements for schools — state laws, where to place devices, emergency action plans, coach training, and how to build a compliant, life-saving school AED program.