[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of
the Town of Stratford 8-10-2009 by Ord. No. 09-26.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
EMS funding — See Ch. 88.
Food-handling establishments — See Ch. 105.
Health regulations — See Ch. 120.
[1]
Editor’s Note: This ordinance also superseded
former Ch. 80, Defibrillators, adopted 10-14-2008 by Ord. No. 08-05.
The ordinance further provided that it shall become effective January
2010 for health clubs, lodging establishments and retail establishments
and July 2010 for municipal buildings and dining establishments.
The Town of Stratford is committed to ensuring its residents,
employees, those employed in the Town of Stratford and those that
visit and or conduct business in the Town of Stratford are provided
with an opportunity to have automatic external defibrillation should
they be stricken with sudden cardiac arrest.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words are defined:
An acronym for automated external defibrillator.
An automated external defibrillator is a portable electronic
device that automatically diagnoses the potentially life-threatening
cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia
in a patient, and is able to treat them through defibrillation, the
application of electrical therapy which stops the arrhythmia, allowing
the heart to reestablish an effective rhythm.
Any establishment within the Town of Stratford that is licensed pursuant to § 105-4 of the Code of the Town of Stratford with a seating capacity of 125 or more persons.
Any health club, as defined in § 21a-216 of the
Connecticut General Statutes, that is located within the Town of Stratford.
Any establishment within the Town of Stratford, such as a
hotel, motel, inn or other similar facility that rents or leases 30
or more rooms to the general public.
Any Town of Stratford-owned building that houses municipal
employees or is open to the general public, including Town of Stratford
schools.
Any retail store that employs more than 50 persons and or
that has a public occupancy of greater than 250 persons.
A.
All AED devices must be FDA-approved.
B.
Automatic external defibrillators shall be installed in all municipal
buildings, health clubs, dining establishments, lodging establishments
and retail establishments in sufficient numbers and locations so that
an AED device shall be accessible, at a minimum, within one minute
in the event of an emergency.
C.
All AED devices shall be maintained and tested in accordance with
the operational guidelines of the manufacturer. Each place where an
AED device is installed must adopt an automatic external defibrillator
maintenance checklist that can be obtained from the Town of Stratford.
D.
All AED devices must identify an individual responsible for inspecting
the AEDs at regularly scheduled intervals, as recommended by the AED
manufacturer.
The emergency medical service system shall be activated immediately
upon the discovery of a situation in which the use of an AED is anticipated.
Activation will be via the 911 emergency telephone system. The activation
of the emergency medical service system must not be delayed due to
the actual or anticipated use of an AED.
A.
Each AED device shall be registered with the Connecticut Office of
Emergency Medical Services. Each person and or entity required to
install an AED device shall complete an AED registry form, which can
be obtained from the Town of Stratford, for each AED unit.
All AED installations shall be subject to periodic inspections
by the Stratford Fire Department or its designee.
Any person or entity that fails to comply with any portion of
this chapter shall be subject to:
Persons who use an AED to render emergency care shall be immune
from liability pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes § 52-557b.
