AED Trainer Sets the Standard

Practicing techniques on live patients isn’t always feasible—or practical—which is why simulation is key to helping providers hone their skills. While simulation will never quite be the same as the real thing, the Prestan Professional AED Trainer is closing the gap.

The Prestan Professional AED Trainer’s unique Pads Sensing System allows the unit to sense when pads are placed on the manikin, eliminating any need for a remote. This gives a more realistic training experience because the Prestan AED Trainer operates more like a live AED. Marcy Thobaben, owner of Kentucky-based Bluegrass Health & Safety, Inc., which provides CPR and first aid training to a wide variety of businesses and industries, is a believer.

“I’ve been a very heavy-duty Prestan Professional Manikin user,” Thobaben says. “I’m always interested in any products by Prestan.” As a frequent Prestan user, Thobaben says she was able to receive a trial version of the Professional AED Trainer and provide feedback prior to its release in September 2012.

“I was pleased with it from the beginning,” she says. “It has the weight of a real AED, so it’s much more realistic for my students. It also has a combination of features that incorporate a lot of what real AEDs would have.”

As a trainer, Thobaben says the Prestan Professional AED Trainers are extremely effective, easy to use and very intuitive, “as all trainers should be since real AEDs are easy to use.” She likes that it can be used without a remote and notes the longevity of its pads is particularly beneficial. “I’ve had to use tape on the pads with other trainers to get them to stick, but with the Prestan Professional AED Trainer we’ve gotten as many as 28 uses out of a single pad, which is unheard of.

“This is the best all-around professional trainer I have ever used,” Thobaben says. “If you have to buy one unit that combines features that are important for students, and is also generic enough to cover all the AED models out there, this is the one.”

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