Best AED for Schools
A growing list of states mandates AEDs in K-12 buildings, and the AHA program target is a collapse-to-shock time under 3 minutes anywhere on campus. Pediatric capability and lowest cost-per-building decide this category.
- 🏆 Top 3 Picks
Tested in 6-month K-12 deployment trials
⚡ Quantity planning
How many AEDs does your facility need?
The AHA program target is simple: a responder retrieves the AED and returns to the victim in about 3 minutes, proven with a stopwatch, not a formula. The AHA publishes no square-feet-per-AED coefficient, so treat every calculator output, ours included, as a planning estimate you validate with a timed walking drill on your actual floor plan.
Survival drops with every minute of delay before defibrillation, which is why placement beats brand choice in almost every deployment.
Find Your Perfect AED
5 questions about your environment, training, and budget. Matched to a specific model with the reasoning shown.
AED Quantity Calculator
Floors, detached buildings, and risk zones in, planning estimate out. Then validate with a walking drill.
AED Cost Calculator
Device, pads, batteries, and cabinet over a multi-year horizon, with 2026 pricing and visible math.
- 📍 What Schools Need to Know