Beijing subway stations are fully covered by AED equipment. Here’s what you need to know about this “life-saving device”!

Editor/Ding Lin Duan David

Visual design/Qin Tong and Li Lifeng

Recently, according to the Beijing Municipal Transportation Commission, Beijing started the deployment of AEDs in rail transit in October 2020, and by October 3, 2021, all subway stations in Beijing had achieved full coverage of AEDs. Stations on newly opened lines also completed AED deployment simultaneously. According to statistics, since the deployment of AEDs in subway stations, four passenger lives have been successfully saved.

AED is a life-saving device that can be used by non-professionals to restore the heart to a state of sudden cardiac arrest. You can see it in prominent locations in major public places... Do you know AED? How to use AED in an emergency? Take a look at the long picture to learn more~

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