‘automated external defibrillator’ ‘aed’ ‘athletic trainers’ ‘missouri s&t’ ‘missouri sandt’ ‘missouri university of science and technology’

Athletic trainers Samantha Welter (left) and Elizabeth Sisemore with the automated external defibrillator. Photo by B.A. Rupert

When athletic trainers go through certification to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation or use an automated external defibrillator (AED), they rarely think they will actually have to use that training in real life.