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16 Avive Connect AED®s, placed where Lower Salford’s community already is
Lower Salford’s AED fleet was aging, expensive to restock, and hard to keep track of.
Their officers are out in the field and usually the first to reach a cardiac arrest. So the department’s AEDs have to be ready on every call.
In the first quarter of 2026, the township saw a significant number of AED deployments. Replacing pads on the previous vendor’s units after each one was costly, and the department spent nearly $1,000 on pads in that quarter alone. At the same time, the batteries on those older units were starting to fail, and replacing them added another significant expense.
What the department needed
Previous AED fleet
Avive Connect AED®
Pads
Separate adult and child pads to buy and stock
One pad for adults and children, with a button on the unit to switch modes
Restocking after a deployment
Pads replaced at the township’s expense
Avive replenishes pads after a deployment
Battery
Aging batteries failing, and costly to replace
Rechargeable battery
Readiness checks
Manual checks of battery, pad age, and unit condition
Dashboard shows location, battery strength, connection, and pad activity
Delivering a shock
Unit advised a shock; the rescuer had to press a button to trigger it manually
Fully automatic AED that advises, announces, and delivers the shock on its own
“The fact that the Avive AEDs have GPS located within them really shined the light on this item. Then when we learned that they are rechargeable, that was another tipping point for us to say, hey, let’s take a closer look at Avive and see if we can make this work.”
Why Avive was the right fit
Three things tipped the decision, and a fourth made the officers’ job simpler.
Training and rollout
Training was a short tutorial for the officers. Because the units guide the user from power-on, officers were confident quickly. Chief Moyer says that knowing the equipment is high quality reinforces something for his officers: if there’s anything that can be done for a patient, the AED will do it.
“Avive AEDs are, for lack of a better word, dummy proof. You power it on, and you just follow the instructions.”
Where the AEDs are deployed
Six ride in patrol cars at all times. The rest cover township buildings, parks, and public works.
The department began with 16 units, placed so that officers have one on every patrol and staff have one in each township facility. The next step is publicly accessible cabinets in parks, which will put lifesaving tools within reach of community members, not just officers.
Patrol vehicles
With officers on every shift
Township building
One on the first floor and one on the second
Township-owned golf course
placed where the community gathers to play
Township parks
Determined by highest-frequented locations
Public works department
to protect employees and visitors alike
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