**JLCEA - AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS** **Last Updated Date:** 05/27/2014 **Adoption Date:** 04/08/2008 The South Hadley Public Schools Defibrillator Program has been prepared in accordance with requirements of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH), Holyoke Medical Center and the South Hadley Fire District #1.  This policy and applicable standard operating guidelines conform to those rules and regulations utilized by the agencies referenced above. The purpose of this policy is to establish and formalize the standard operating guidelines that are required by the MDPH in order for the South Hadley Public Schools to have, maintain and utilize an Automated External Defibrillator (AED).  The policy includes a memorandum of agreement between the schools and the AED Medical Director and the Emergency Department at Holyoke Medical Center (Exhibit:  JLCEA-E). This policy and its guidelines shall be implemented and maintained by the South Hadley Public School Nurses, Facility Manager, and the Holyoke Medical Center AED Medical Director.  The AED will be available for trained staff at each school facility to use in case of cardiac arrest.  It is the School Committee’s intention to provide the best resources available to assist an individual in cardiac arrest, providing that there is the necessary equipment and properly trained AED providers available at the time of the cardiac arrest. **Policy References:** LEGAL REF.: M.G.L. Chapter 112, Section 12 V.