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UCSF Police Department Policy, Protocol and Program Standards
for (Emergency Employee) Public Access Defibrillation (PAD)
Michelle Heckle
UCSF Police Department
PAD Program Coordinator
Robert Kosnik , M.D.
PAD Program Medical Director
Issued: March 4, 2010
Revised: January 30, 2023
2 Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) Program Standards
for the UCSF Police Department
Purpose
To provide a policy, protocol and program standards for the UCSF Police
Department Public Access Defibrillation (PAD).
Authority
The authority to establish a Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) program arises
from the following:
California Health and Safety Code Sect ions 1795.5, 1979.107, 1797.190 and
1797.196.
California Code of Regulations Title 22, Division 9, Chapter 1.8, Sections
100031 through 100041.
San Francisco Emergency Medical Services Section Policy Reference No.
2170.
Definitions
AED: Automatic External Defibrillator.
AHA: American Heart Association
BLS : Basic Life Support
Civilians: Persons who are not PAD site employees or professional emergency
medical services personnel.
CPR: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
EEPAD: Emergency Employee Public Access Defibrillation
EMS: Professional employees of the emergency medical services system within
San Francisco
Medical Director: The licensed physician who authorizes the PAD site and
provides medical direction to the PAD program.
PAD: Public Access Defibrillation.
PAD Site: A site within the City and County of San Francisco operating a PAD
program.
PAD Site Employees: Employees of the PAD site who have been trained and
authorized to utilize an AED.
Site Coordinator: A designated person at the PAD Site who is responsible for the
administrative oversight of the PAD program (listed in other policy as “Program
Coordinator.”
Policy
The UCSF Police Department supports that Public Access Defibrillation is a
worthwhile and laudable program. It shall be the policy of the UCSF Police
Department to support such a program in order to maximize public safety and health
for our employees and mem bers of the public who visit UCSF.
3 Site Coordinator
The Site Coordinator for the UCSF Police Department shall work with the Medical
Director to ensure that authorized police personnel of the UCSF Police Department
are certified to American Heart Associati on, American Red Cross, or equivalent
training curriculum AED/CPR standards to perform CPR and AED use.
The Site Coordinator shall maintain a current list of all employees who are certified
in CPR/PAD and forward any changes in that list immediately to th e Medical
Director and ensure that at least one trained and certified employee shall be on duty
during all site business hours and there are sufficient numbers of employees trained
to meet this goal.
The Site Coordinator shall work ensure that each officer of the UCSF Police
Department is trained and certified in CPR/PAD and undergo es skills evaluation
and refresher training at least annually or as necessary .
The Site Coordinator s hall remove an AED f rom service, replace it with a spare as
soon as practicable after its use and notify the Medical Director as soon as possible
following the utilization of an AED. Utilization shall be defined as any instance in
which an AED is turned on for anything but ro utine maintenance or a battery
change.
When initiating a spare unit or when returning a unit to service, a routine
maintenance and battery check shall be performed and documented in the
maintenance log.
AED Maintenance
The Site Coordinator shall maintain a log indicating where all AEDs for the UCSF
Police Department are located, their last date of routine maintenance, the next
scheduled date of maintenance and routine testing, the next date of battery change
and any and all uses of the defibrillator. The AED manufacturer determines the
maintenance and battery replacement schedules for its AEDs. The Site C oordinator
shall be responsible for ensuring that regular maintenance, testing and battery
changes occur quarterly .
Medical Direction
The Medical Directo r shall ensure that the UCSF Police Department PAD program
complies with all federal, state and local regulations regarding PAD.
The Medical Director shall approve the training curriculum and the written and
skills tests for PAD.
The Medical Director sha ll complete the San Francisco Department of Public
Health EMS Section “Notice of New Automatic Defibrillator Program” and shall
forward such notice to the EMS Section.
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The Medical Director shall notify the Emergency Communications Center (911) of
the numb er and placement of AED’s for the UCSF Police Department.
The Medical Director shall ensure that the UCSF Police Department’s PAD
program meets or exceeds ARC standards and guidelines regarding PAD.
The Medical Director or designee shall review all utili zations of an AED by UCSF
Police Department employees within 72 hours of notification. The Medical
Director shall provide written and verbal feedback regarding each utilization to the
Site Coordinator , who will review this feedback with the appropriate sta ff. The goal
of such feedback shall be to improve the performance of individuals , as well as the
UCSF Police Department PAD program in general.
Training
UCSF Police Department police officers and other designated employees shall
complete a basic CPR cours e, according to the standards set forth by the American
Heart Association or American Red Cross. Employees shall have CPR certification
prior to undertaking AED training.
AED training shall be conducted by an entity approved by the local EMS Agency
to perform AED training. The AED course shall consist of not fewer than four hours
of training.
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