PHILIPS AND VDL SIGN COLLABORATION AGREEMENT TO EQUIP BUSES AND COACHES WITH ‘SMART’ AEDS
Royal Philips and VDL Bus & Coach have signed a collaboration agreement to equip VDL buses and coaches with AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators) as optional factory equipment. With this initiative VDL Bus & Coach intends to make bus and coach transport even safer for its customers’ passengers. It concerns the buses and
coaches for city and regional transport and international travel.
On-board resuscitation system and emergency service intended to increase cardiac arrest survival rate of bus and coach passengers. When a bus or coach operator chooses this option, their bus or coach is delivered with a special ‘connected’ AED kit on board. This gives users live support and coaching from first responders at a central location during resuscitation and also makes remote maintenance and service possible. In addition, it is possible to see in real-time whether an AED has been activated and determine its exact location via GPS.
An estimated seven million people die as a result of sudden cardiac arrest in the United States and Europe each year. Victims resuscitated within six minutes after cardiac arrest have a much higher survival rate (50 to 70% versus 5 to 10%). It is therefore important to have help close at hand, even when people are on the move.
