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AEDs

Ready AEDs are a
documented habit.

An AED that is missing, blocked, or sitting on expired pads is not ready when someone collapses in the gym. SchoolCheck makes AED readiness a weekly check and a monthly inspection — with expiration dates, cabinets, and supplies on the record.
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Why it matters

AEDs are a campus operations problem

AEDs are high-stakes and easy to forget between incidents. Pads and batteries expire. Cabinets get blocked by bleachers or storage. Units migrate to a coach’s office after a game and never come back. The campus that “has AEDs” and the campus that can prove they were ready last Tuesday are not the same campus.

SchoolCheck splits the work the way school operations actually run. A weekly check answers one question: the AED is present, accessible, and indicates ready status. A monthly inspection walks the unit: housing, access, pad and battery dates, supplies, self-test, and the cabinet or bracket. Staff do not need a biomedical background to complete the round.

Because AEDs live next to doors, extinguishers, and emergency phones in the same hierarchy, a principal can see whether the gym AED is covered without opening a separate life-safety spreadsheet. Findings route to the people who can replace pads or move a blocked cabinet — not into a shared inbox that nobody owns.

  • Units missing, relocated, or hidden after events
  • Expired pads or batteries with no one assigned to notice
  • Cabinets blocked by equipment, furniture, or seasonal storage
  • Supplies (gloves, CPR mask, spare pads) quietly depleted
  • No campus-level view of which AEDs were actually checked
Checks and inspections

Fast rounds, documented depth

Same campus, two modes. A one-question check keeps cadence. A guided inspection captures the details you need on the record.

AED check

Weekly · one question

“AED is present, accessible, and indicates ready status”

Default is one check per week. Sites that want a visible daily status light still use the weekly check as the accountability signal, then inspect monthly for expirations and supplies.

AED inspection

Monthly · guided template

A guided inspection for the details a status light cannot tell you: dates, supplies, housing, self-test, and the cabinet or bracket.

  1. 1. Housing is clean, undamaged, and free of cracks or loose parts
  2. 2. The AED is visible, accessible, and not obstructed
  3. 3. Pads are within the expiration date
  4. 4. The instruction manual is available and kept with the AED
  5. 5. Batteries are within the expiration date
  6. 6. Required supplies are present (spare pads, gloves, CPR mask, and similar)
  7. 7. Manual self-test passes per the manufacturer instructions
  8. 8. Cabinet or bracket is functional and undamaged
What gets recorded

The round is not the record

SchoolCheck persists important state in the district’s history first. Realtime coverage is a view on top of that — not a substitute for it.
  • Findings stay attached
    A failed check or inspection item can open a finding with an owner, so a missing pad or a propped door does not disappear into a shared inbox.
  • Photos and comments
    Attach a photo of the empty bracket or the blocked path, then keep the thread on the record until someone closes the loop.
  • Audit-ready history
    Every completion keeps who, when, where, and the template version used. Export that history when leadership, insurers, or auditors ask.
FAQ

Questions about AEDs

How districts usually run this type — and what SchoolCheck does not claim to replace.
Related

Other assets on the same platform

First-party types share one hierarchy, one findings workflow, and one coverage view.

Fire extinguishers

Monthly checks · quarterly inspections

911 phones

Weekly checks · monthly inspections

Doors

Daily checks · monthly inspections

Put AEDs on the record.

Checks, inspections, findings, and exportable history — for this type and every other safety-critical asset on campus.
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