The Ministry of Health and Welfare has previewed changes to regulations that would require more automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to be installed in public places including transportation hubs, shopping malls, schools, police stations and military barracks.
A preview of the policy was published in the online version of the Executive Yuan Gazzette on Thursday last week.
AEDs can be operated by people with minimal first-aid training, making them effective life-saving tools for public places, experts say.
Defibrillation can save a person having a heart attack 90 percent of the time if applied within a minute of the heart stopping, but every minute of