Regularly check the AED and its casing to see if everything is still working properly. Preferably do this every month. We also ask you to keep its surroundings clean, so in the monthly check-up, just wipe any dust and dirt away, and clean up any clutter around it.

If your AED is mentioned in an alert, you will receive a text message with the request to check whether the AED was actually used. If that is the case, we ask you to report this to the owner or to us.

You can view all registered AEDs in your area in the dashboard or in the Stan app through AEDs nearby. You can then see the AEDs near your home and work address, but also near your current location.

Unfortunately, no. Private AEDs that are located inside a house or car cannot be registered. A registered AED has to reliably be at the address registered when an alert comes in.

A person with an AED in the house or car can of course register as a volunteer and bring their own AED to the emergency. And of course it’s possible to put your AED in a casing on the outside of your house, so that it’s always available.

Yes it is. The nearest volunteers are automatically sent to the resuscitation. The other volunteers are first sent to various registered AEDs in the vicinity.

Just to be safe, volunteers are always sent to several AEDs. Because one AED could of course malfunction. The AED that arrives at the scene first can be used to support resuscitation.

Yes! Stan the CPR network has aftercare available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Because some volunteer first responders did not want immediate afterancare, but decide to choose this option later on. For instance when they are struggling with guilt. This is possible, and completely normal. If this is what you want, we are there for you.

After every resuscitation, all volunteers involved will always be given a questionnaire. Based on your answers, we will call you if we feel this is necessary.

It is also possible to contact your physician about aftercare.

Sometimes the victim dies on the scene, and sometimes the fate of the person resuscitated remains unclear. That can provoke quite the emotional reaction in a volunteer first responder.

In consultation with the second ambulance or physician present, you can receive immediate professional help or aftercare. For instance, you can contact Slachtofferhulp Nederland (Dutch Victim Support) to have someone to talk to and receive practical or emotional support.

Do not hesitate to ask. This is what the people at Slachtofferhulp Nederland are there for.

Your work is done. We ask you to leave immediately. Do not stay at the scene of the incident longer than necessary.

It is highly possible you will want to blow off steam when you have just finished a resuscitation. There are often police officers or other professionals nearby who you can talk to.

When you get an alert through the app, you will see two buttons: [I’m going] and [I’m not going]. We ask you to push one of these two buttons. If you press [I’m going], then you will get more information about the location and the route to the incident. This is to prevent too many first responders showing up.

If you get an alert in a text message, then you only need to respond when you go. You can answer the text with ‘yes’ or a random letter. If you’re not going, do nothing.

People who do not wish to be resuscitated, can draft a ‘do not resuscitate’ order. This can take any form desired. A conventional way is a declaration on paper or a DNR pendant from the NVVE (Dutch Association for a Voluntary End of Life) on a necklace. But other forms also have to be respected, such as a tattoo with this message.

Stan the CPR network first responders are always allowed to resuscitate. We advise referring the family members to professional first responders with questions and comments.

As a first responder, you do not need to look for a living will beforehand, as that would take too much time. The decision to cease resuscitation based on such a living will, will be taken by professional first responders.

Firstly, many more first responders than necessary get an alert. As soon as enough first responders have responded that they are on their way, the rest of the first responders are given the message that they no longer need to go. This is to prevent excessive numbers of first responders at the resuscitation site.

Secondly, thanks to the responses, we can tell who was present. That makes it possible for us to approach the first responders for possible aftercare.

If you’re away for a while, then simply set your app to ‘unavailable’ until you return.

That is not preferable. Dispatch centres are always busy and have to be available for emergency calls as much as they can.

Additionally, 112 control room operators cannot direct you to the AED. They also do not know the AED’s PIN.

Yes. Sometimes the scene of the incident is difficult to reach by car, or parking can be difficult, and sometimes cars get in the way of the emergency services. In a resuscitation alert, walking or cycling is almost always the safest and fastest mode of transport.

And should you be in your car anyway, then always abide by the traffic rules.

Treat that alert like any other. For instance, there may not be enough (qualified) personnel present. That makes extra support necessary. Or an incident may have taken place on the grounds outside, while health care workers are unable to leave their patients. Does it turn out when you arrive that your help is not required, because the patient is getting all the help he needs already? Then we ask you to leave immediately.

Sometimes during a call to the control room it is not made clear that a cardiac arrest is involved. AED and resuscitation alerts are only sent out when an ambulance is sent for (assistance) resuscitation.

It may be the case that on the way to the incident, or at the incident, the alert is switched to resuscitation. In that case, a second ambulance is sent for assistance resuscitation. At that moment, first responders are also called in to provide assistance.

By that time, the first ambulance could already be (nearly) at the incident, making you think assistance is no longer necessary. However, assistance is still desired, even when you can hear the siren or see the ambulance already. When the first ambulance has arrived, you can sometimes really help the ambulance staff. Should this not be necessary, the first responders present will make this clear.

Proceed to the resuscitation as quickly as possible. Sometimes you get there just ahead of the ambulance. And every second really does count. The chance of survival decreases by the second. And the chance of permanent damage in survivors increases every second.

If the first ambulance has already arrived, you may lend the ambulance staff a helping hand, which may be highly appreciated. Should your assistance not be required after all, the ambulance staff will make this clear.

Sometimes it does not become clear until later that a resuscitation is involved, for instance when the first ambulance has already arrived. While waiting for the second ambulance to arrive, first responder assistance may be very welcome.

Many health insurance agencies reimburse people for this course. A CPR course falls under preventative care. The more people in our society to be knowledgeable about reanimation, the safer our society becomes! So go and see on your insurance agency’s website if you are reimbursed for the training!

The system maintains a validity of two years. You might took a refresher course, but have not updated it into your profile.  You can do this yourself in the dashboard in the app. You can also keep other information up to date in this profile, such as changes in address.

That depends on your transportation. You can indicate if you want to go to the incident on foot, by bike or by car. The route provides the quickest way to the incident for each mode of transport.

Your personal account in your dashboard is not properly configured. Turning off your app does not automatically mean you no longer get text messages.

You can adjust this setting in your account. The boxes where you fill in availability apply to texts. This is separate from the app. If you only want to be alerted by the app, uncheck all the boxes.

This notification means that the location for more than 24 hours could not be determined. It is possible that you are 24 hours or longer in the same location. The app then needs  to renew the location. You can do this by opening the app and go to "AEDs nearby." The location is then determined again. We also give the advice to run the app in the background, otherwise your location can not be determined anymore.

Your settings are not right for use of the app. The app only works when both ‘location’ and ‘messaging’ are turned on.

Tip: this is easily taken care of by accepting or turning on push messages in the settings of your smartphone.

You can simply do a password reset in the dashboard. Then follow the steps on the screen, you will receive a reset link in your mailbox and then you can create a new password.