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  • Industry guide · Banks and credit unions

Best AED for banks 2026: built for a six-person branch.

Small staff · Branch fleets · Customer-facing
A bank branch is a small team serving an older walk-in public, with no facilities staff, no nurse, and a corporate risk officer three states away. That shape decides everything: the device must maintain itself, any teller must be able to run it, and the network must standardize once across every branch. Public arrests are the shockable kind, 60% versus 35% at home, and this guide converts that math into a branch plan, an honest ATM-vestibule answer, and network fleet costs.
60%
Of witnessed public arrests show a shockable rhythm vs 35% at home
34%
Survival with bystander AED in public vs 12% at home
100%
Staff-training coverage a 6-person branch can actually achieve
$1,411
Where our branch picks start · 2026 US list
  • Direct answer

The best AED for most bank branches is the Cardiac Science Powerheart G5, $2,157 at 2026 US list: it tests itself daily and reports readiness on the handle, which is the maintenance model a branch with no facilities staff keeps alive. Networks standardizing on value should compare the Philips OnSite; budget fleets, the HeartSine 350P.

  • 🏆 Top 3 Picks

Which AED fits your network?

Three picks, three network strategies: the zero-maintenance standard, the value standard, and the budget fleet. Prices are 2026 US list at authorized distributors; every model is FDA-approved via PMA.
Heartsine Samaritan PAD 350P Products
Lightest AED
HeartSine

Heartsine Samaritan PAD 350P

Decision shortcut The HeartSine 350P puts the pads and the battery in one cartridge with

SKU

SAM-350P

FDA PMA

PMA P160008

Manufacturer

HeartSine

From

$1,411.00
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Philips HeartStart OnSite AED M5066A Product
Best Value
Philips

Philips HeartStart OnSite AED (M5066A)

Decision shortcut The Philips HeartStart OnSite ($1,589, 2026 US list) is the only AED sold

SKU

M5066A

FDA PMA

P160029

Manufacturer

Philips Healthcare

From

$1,589.00
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Cardiac Science Powerheart G5 AED Product
Fully Auto
Cardiac Science

Powerheart G5 AED

Powerheart G5 AED Features Semi- or Fully Automatic Shock Delivery This device comes in both

SKU

G5A-80A-P

FDA PMA

P160033

Manufacturer

Cardiac Science

From

$2,157.00
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⚡ 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.

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Floors, detached buildings, and risk zones in, planning estimate out. Then validate with a walking drill.

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Device, pads, batteries, and cabinet over a multi-year horizon, with 2026 pricing and visible math.

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Replacing pads and batteries on schedule is where most programs quietly fail. The pads and batteries guide covers expiry cycles by model, and new buyers should start at the complete buyer’s guide or the basics in what is an AED.
  • Bank AED rules

Are banks required to have AEDs?

No, and no banking regulator touches the topic. The honest stack:
No bank mandate

All 50 states · all regulators

Neither state statutes nor OCC, FDIC, or NCUA guidance requires branch AEDs. Programs come from corporate risk policy and duty-of-care judgment, which is exactly where they belong.

Check your state tracker

Workplace baseline

29 CFR 1910.151 · Pub. 3185

OSHA's first aid duty applies to branches like any workplace[5], and Publication 3185 endorses AED programs against roughly 10,000 workplace arrests a year[4].

Read the standard

The policy layer

Corporate risk + insurers

Network-wide standardization is a one-memo decision: one model, one training deck, one consumable calendar, filed once with the carrier. The branch that waits for a mandate waits forever.

Standardization guide

Good Samaritan cover

All 50 states

Tellers acting in good faith are protected everywhere, and many states extend protections to the deploying institution[7]. Hesitation has no legal basis at the teller line.

State protections

Or browse the full map with every verdict side by side on the AED Industries hub.
  • Budget reality

What does a branch network actually cost over 5 years?

Network math first: 50 branches on the 350P run roughly $83,000 over 5 years at list, the G5 network roughly $148,000, both before fleet pricing. Per unit with cabinet, 2026 US list for devices, typical street consumable pricing (labeled estimates):

 

Cost line Powerheart G5 Philips OnSite HeartSine 350P
Device · 2026 US list $2,157 $1,589 $1,411
Pads over 5 yrs (est.) ~$210 · 2x Intellisense pads ~$150 · 2x M5071A cartridge ~$169 · 1x Pad-Pak (pads + battery, one cartridge)
Battery over 5 yrs (est.) ~$399 · 1x Intellisense battery ~$89 · 1x M5070A (4-yr)
Cabinet + signage (est.) ~$199 ~$199 ~$199
5-year total per unit (est.) ~$2,965 ~$1,970 ~$1,660

Consumable and cabinet figures are typical 2026 US street pricing at authorized distributors and vary by package; device prices are 2026 US list. Battery chemistry rules in the battery guide; browse all pads and batteries, run your branch count in the Cost Calculator, and networks at 5+ branches quote as fleets.

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  • Program checklist

The risk officer's 10-point AED checklist

Standardize one model network-wide in one memo: device, cabinet, signage, training deck (standardization guide).
Mount centrally between teller line and lobby, customer-visible, keyless.
Walk the drill from the farthest office and the drive-through; detached buildings earn their own unit.
Decide the ATM-vestibule question deliberately: alarmed vestibule cabinet or documented accepted gap.
Train 100% of branch staff in one session, CPR plus AED together (why both). Branch sessions at CPR1.
Add the readiness glance to the branch opening checklist, initialed like the vault count.
Keep every branch's pad and battery dates on one risk-office sheet (pads guide).
Brief tellers on arrest vs fainting so the response starts before the manager arrives (2-minute explainer).
HQ campuses follow the offices playbook; this page owns the branches.
  • Buyer questions

Bank AED questions, answered straight

No: no state statute or banking regulator mandates them. The workplace baseline applies (1910.151 first aid, OSHA 3185 endorsement)[4][5], and programs come from corporate risk policy. State layers in the tracker.

The G5: it maintains itself daily and reports on the handle, so a branch with no facilities staff carries zero maintenance load. Value-standardizing networks pick the OnSite; budget fleets, the 350P.

One central unit passes the drill in standard branches[2]; multi-floor main branches and detached drive-through buildings add one each (planning estimates). Start with the Quantity Calculator.

The honest answer no vendor gives: a unit locked inside the branch covers nothing after hours. Either place an alarmed cabinet in the 24-hour vestibule where security policy allows, or record the gap as an accepted, documented risk. Pretending the lobby unit covers it is the only wrong option.

Banks are the one industry where 100% coverage is a single session per branch, and the device itself guides untrained rescuers anyway[6]. Universal training plus self-testing hardware beats most big-facility programs on real readiness.

Per branch over 5 years: roughly $1,660 (350P), $1,970 (OnSite), $2,965 (G5), estimates with visible math above; a 50-branch 350P network runs about $83,000 at list before fleet pricing. Run your count in the Cost Calculator. New to AEDs? Start with the basics.

  • Why public-access AEDs work

The evidence behind every claim on this page.

AED Best Brands is an editorial AED-review publication, independent of every AED manufacturer. No manufacturer pays for placement or sees a verdict early. Every number below links to its primary source.

10,000

Workplace arrests yearly

OSHA's count across US workplaces

74%

Survival at 3 minutes

Public-access shocks within 3 min of collapse

60%

Shockable in public

Witnessed public arrests with VF/VT vs 35% at home

2-3x

Survival multiplier

Immediate CPR while the AED arrives

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Meet our advisory board

References · primary sources

  1. ClinicalAmerican Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics, annual update. Circulation. heart.org statistics
  2. ProgramAmerican Heart Association. Implementing an AED Program, 2023 guide. cpr.heart.org AED guide (PDF)
  3. ClinicalWeisfeldt ML, et al. Ventricular tachyarrhythmias after cardiac arrest in public versus at home. NEJM. 2011;364:313-321. nejm.org
  4. WorkplaceOSHA. Saving Sudden Cardiac Arrest Victims in the Workplace, Publication 3185. osha.gov publication 3185
  5. RegulationOSHA. Medical Services and First Aid, 29 CFR 1910.151. osha.gov 1910.151
  6. ClinicalAmerican Heart Association. CPR Facts and Stats. cpr.heart.org facts
  7. LegalCDC. Public Access Defibrillation State Law Fact Sheet. cdc.gov PAD fact sheet
Updated · July 2026 Review methodology Medical Advisory Board AED Laws by State All 22 Industries AED Resource Library
Key takeaways
  • •Match the AED to who will use it: most settings need a unit an untrained bystander can operate with clear voice prompts, like the Philips OnSite or ZOLL AED Plus.
  • •Plan for a shock within about three minutes: that response-time goal drives how many units you need and where they go, more than floor area does.
  • •Budget for the full life, and consider recertified: pads and battery add to the cost, and a recertified unit can cost well below new. Use our Find your perfect AED quiz or see best refurbished AEDs.
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