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PulsePoint and ZOLL Accelerate Growth of National Emergency AED Registry, Helping More Communities Locate and Use Devices When Seconds Count
PLEASANTON, Calif. & CHELMSFORD, Mass., December 04, 2025--The PulsePoint Foundation, a public non-profit 501(c)(3) that builds public safety applications and maintains the National Emergency AED Registry (NEAR), and ZOLL®, an Asahi Kasei company that manufactures medical devices and related software solutions, including automated external defibrillators (AEDs), announces a new initiative, Anyone Can Register.
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