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LifeVac received FDA De Novo authorization in March 2026 as the only FDA-authorized anti-choking device in the United States. Here is what that means for schools, restaurants, churches, senior living communities, and workplaces building a layered choking-response plan.

LifeVac received FDA De Novo authorization in March 2026 as a second-line choking device. What that actually means, where it fits alongside training, and who should have one.

In cardiac arrest, the first shock usually does not land until around minute eleven. A Virginia county is now flying AEDs in by drone, and a city three hours north just put one in a weatherproof cabinet in a public park. Two answers to the same problem.

Teenage lifeguards at a Virginia club used an AED twice on a 14-year-old who fully recovered. A second pool rescue in Florida the following day. Both turn on the same question, asked out loud mid-emergency: where is the AED?

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.

How to buy AEDs on a purchase order with NET 30 terms, what tax-exempt organisations need to supply, and how to make sure the right part numbers reach the invoice.

Real 2026 prices for every AED we sell, plus the ten-year cost of ownership — which reorders the rankings, because the cheapest AED to buy is rarely the cheapest to own.

How high to mount an AED, when ADA forces a recessed cabinet, whether you need an alarm, and what signage compliance actually asks for.

The two most common first AEDs, compared on specs and ten-year cost — where a $395 price gap almost entirely disappears.

The only two AEDs that eliminate pediatric pads entirely, compared on specs and real ten-year cost of ownership — where the pricier unit turns out cheaper.

The Powerheart G3 is retired but still maintainable. When to replace it, and an honest comparison of what to replace it with — judged on ten-year cost, not sticker price.

Which AED models are retired, which are winding down, and which are fully supported — based on what we can actually still supply. Reviewed monthly.