AED's are popping up all over the place. Schools, airports, stadiums, etc. The A in AED stands for automated. They are pretty much idiot prrof. Now the manual defib I carry on the ambulance is totally different. If you shock an aysystole (flatline) as they do in TV, You will never get a perfusable rythm. You just killed the pat. I think when the AED price comes down some, more will be out in use for the general public.