MEDICINE CLASS, WHICH IS ONLY AN ELECTIVE. APS HAS. REMOVED LIFE SAVING DEVICES FROM ITS SCHOOLS. A YEAR AGO, A TARGET 7 INVESTIGATION LOOKED AT STATE LAWS INVOLVING AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS, ALSO KNOWN AS AEDS. THAT INVESTIGATION REVEALED WE HAVE SOME OF THE WEAKEST AED REQUIREMENTS IN THE COUNTRY. TARGET 7 JOHN CARDINALE IS HERE ASKING APS WHY IT’S REMOVED THE DEVICES SHOWING DOUG AN AED IS HOOKED UP TO SOMEONE WHEN THEY COLLAPSE AND SEND SHOCKWAVES TO THE HEART TO GET IT MOVING NORMALLY AGAIN. HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THE DEVICE IS PROVEN TO SAVE LIVES. SO WHY IS THE STATE’S LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT GOTTEN RID OF THEM? THE ENTIRE WORLD SAW IT UNFOLD ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, WHEN BUFFALO BILLS SAFETY DAMAR HAMLIN COLLAPSED ON THE FIELD AND WAS SAVED BY A DEFIBRILLATOR. AIXA DIAZ ARE THE CRITICAL FACTOR IN SURVIVING. OF SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST, CPR NEEDS TO BE DONE INITIALLY, BUT THE AED IS WHAT SAVES LIVES. THE INCIDENT INVOLVING HAMLIN SPARKED TARGET 7 TO LOOK AT AED LAWS IN NEW MEXICO, BUT IT TURNS OUT NONE EXIST. I FIND IT ABYSMAL THAT YOUR STATE DOES NOT HAVE A POLICY THAT REQUIRES AN AED TO BE ON SITE AT PRACTICES AND GAMES. AT THE TIME, WE WENT TO EIGHT DIFFERENT BASKETBALL GAMES IN ONE NIGHT TO SEE IF AEDS WERE PRESENT. SOME SCHOOLS HAD THEM. IS THERE AN AED AROUND HERE? IS IT JUST ON THE WALL OVER THERE? OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SURE OTHERS DIDN’T. HI. YOU COULD SEE RIGHT HERE THEY HAVE AN AED BOX WITH NO AED INSIDE. ONE WOMAN TOLD US THEY REMOVED THEM FROM THE SCHOOL IN 2020. THEY TOOK THAT THING OVER THERE ON THE WALL DURING COVID. BUT NOW THE STATE’S LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS MADE AN EXECUTIVE DECISION. APS HAD AIXA DIAZ, BUT THEY’VE REMOVED ALL OF THEM. THE AED SHOULD BE PART OF ANY SYSTEM IN WHICH YOU’RE GOING TO TRY TO BE ABLE TO SAVE SOMEBODY’S LIFE IF THEY HAVE A CARDIAC ARREST. WE REACHED OUT TO APS AND ASKED WHY THE AEDS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. THE DISTRICT TOLD US THEY WERE REMOVED BECAUSE MANY OF THEM WERE TOO OLD TO BE FUNCTIONAL. THEY SAID THEY NEED A SUSTAINABLE FUNDING SOURCE TO PURCHASE AEDS AND MAINTAIN THEM. THE DISTRICT ALSO SAYS THEY WOULD LIKE THE GOOD SAMARITAN LAW TO BE AMENDED. NEW MEXICO’S GOOD SAMARITAN LAW, IT’S LIKE THE SAME LAW IN LOTS OF OTHER STATES. IT SAYS THAT IF THERE’S SOMEONE WHO’S IN OBVIOUS PHYSICAL DISTRESS AND SOMEONE GOES TO THEIR AID, WHETHER YOU’RE TRAINED OR UNTRAINED, YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BE HELD LIABLE FOR WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT PERSON. APS WANTS THAT LAW TO PROTECT INSTITUTIONS, NOT JUST INDIVIDUALS. YOU KNOW, THE IDEA THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GOING TO PULL THESE LIFE SAVING DEVICES OUT ON A ON A RATIONAL CALL LIKE THIS CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE THEY SEEM TO BE PRIORITIZING CERTAIN THINGS OVER SAVING PEOPLE’S LIVES. AS THE MAYO CLINIC SAYS, SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN YOUNG ATHLETES. EXPERTS ON AED SAY IF A DEVICE CAN GET TO AN ATHLETE WITHIN THREE MINUTES, THEY SURVIVE 90% OF THE TIME. FOR TARGET 7 AN I’M JOHN CARDINALE