Automated external defibrillator units (AEDs) use embedded computer chips to analyze heart rhythms instantly and accurately, making it possible for non-medical professionals to administer a controlled electric shock to a victim of sudden cardiac arrest. The devices ensure that an electric shock is delivered only when necessary.

Anyone expected to use an AED in a cardiac emergency should be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the appropriate use of AED devices.

AEDs are mounted in selected UCSD locations, and in most UCSD Police vehicles. AEDs used at UCSD are approved by the American Heart Association.

Click on a neighborhood to find AED locations near you:

Campus Services Complex

• Campus Services Complex, Building B – Police Dispatch Office
• Campus Services Complex, Building C – Wall-mounted inside the north wall
• Campus Services Complex, Electric Shop – Mobile unit in service vehicle #1420
• Fleet Services Garage
• UCSD Police vehicles:
• Car #0656
• Car #0657
• Car #1360
• Car #2924
• Car #8515
• Car #2925

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Eleanor Roosevelt College

• San Diego Supercomputer Center – 1st floor, wall-mounted near the cargo elevator, across from the Main Controlling Room

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Medical Center La Jolla

• Shiley Eye Center – 1st floor hallway, wall-mounted near Room 118

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Muir College

• Applied Physics & Mathematics Building – 1st floor, wall-mounted on north wall of lobby
• Faculty Club – Lobby, wall-mounted, in hallway next to restrooms
• Main Gymnasium – 1st floor, wall-mounted behind the facility access desk by the locker rooms
• Mandeville Center – Auditorium lobby,wall-mounted near the south lobby entrance, across from men's room
• Mandler Hall (formerly McGill Hall) – 3rd floor, wall-mounted outside Room 3094, next to north stairwell

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North Campus

• RIMAC
• 2nd floor – Equipment Room, wall-mounted between the locker room doors
• Bottom floor – Athletic Training Room, this unit is used for outside events
• Torrey Pines Center South – 3rd floor corridor by Suite 305, wall-mounted near Hillside elevator
• UCSD Fire Marshal's vehicle – Environment, Health & Safety car #1054

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Point Loma Marine Facilities

• 291 Rosecrans Steet
  • Building 106, Room 129 – map unavailable
  • Building 4, in the staging area – map unavailable
  • Marine Physical Laboratory, Point Loma – Shop manager's office, Room 100
• R/P Flip research vessel – map unavailable

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Revelle College

• Central Utilities Plant – Wall-mounted in the Control Room

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School of Medicine

• Functional MRI Keck Building – 1st floor, wall-mounted between 2 scanners, near the atrium
• Leichtag Building – 1st floor lobby, wall-mounted near stairs
• Medical Teaching Facility – 1st floor, Room 162-A

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Scripps Oceanography

• Birch Aquarium Bookstore – Wall-mounted outside on west wall of the bookstore, just south of the main entrance
• Birch Aquarium Dive Locker – 2nd floor, Room 215
• Center for Coastal Studies building – 3rd floor, Room 300, wall-mounted inside the south door
• IGPP Munk Lab – 3rd floor, outside Room 0317-B, wall-mounted in corridor
• Keck OAR 1 – 2nd floor, Room 232
• Martin Johnson House – Wall-mounted on north-east wall
• Nierenberg Annex – 1st floor, Room 463
• Nierenberg Hall – 1st floor, wall-mounted in corridor between Rooms 122 and 123
• Ritter Hall – 2nd floor, Room 206
• Scripps Building Director's Office – Wall-mounted at entrance
• See Pt. Loma Marine Facilities

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Sixth College

• Pepper Canyon Hall – 2nd floor elevator lobby, wall-mounted by the elevators

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Theatre District

• La Jolla Playhouse – Wall-mounted on west wall of main lobby
• Mandell Weiss Forum – 2nd floor, wall-mounted next to the fire extinguisher near the main building exit leading to the ramp
• Mandell Weiss Theatre – Entry-level lobby, wall-mounted near the box office, above the fire extinguisher

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Thurgood Marshall College

• University Extension – Building D, outside the entrance on the right side of the doorway

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University Center

• Career Services Center – First floor, main lobby, wall-mounted by front entrance
• Chancellor's Complex – UCtr 107, wall-mounted outside front door
• Geisel Library – 2nd floor, wall-mounted behind the circulation desk
• International Center – 1st floor, Room 27, wall-mounted across from the kitchen
• Price Center:
• 1st floor – Sunshine Store, wall-mounted near entrance
• 1st floor – Bookstore loading dock, wall-mounted near entrance
• 2nd floor – Bookstore rear wall, wall-mounted near Room 2.104, the Loss Prevention Office
• 2nd floor – Conference room lobby, Room 2.333, wall-mounted next to reservations desk
• 3rd floor – Wall-mounted at top of stairs, near Room 3.121
• Student Health Services – 1st floor, located in Nurses Station Triad 2

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Warren College

• Atkinson Hall – 1st floor, wall-mounted directly across from the passenger elevators in the main lobby area
• Canyonview Sports Facility – Lobby, wall-mounted behind the reception desk
• Computer Science & Engineering Building – 1st floor lobby, wall-mounted across from elevators
• Engineering Building Unit 1 (EBU-1) – 1st floor, mounted on west-facing wall by main doors

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Sorrento Valley

• Radiology Imaging Lab at 3510 Dunhill Street (Sorrento Valley) – 1st floor, Room 137, wall-mounted

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Trade Street

• Trade Street Distribution Center – 7835 Trade Street, wall-mounted in Bookstore Accounting Office

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AED training: Contact one of the organizations below for CPR and AED training opportunities:

• Emergency Medical Training Resources at UCSD
• American Red Cross
• American Heart Association

For more information on AEDs, read Saving Sudden Cardiac Arrest Victims in the Workplace – Automated External Defibrillators (PDF), an Occupational Safety and Health Administration booklet.

Questions about the AED program at UCSD? Contact Emergency Services, (858) 534-3823.

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