The AHA promotes the most rapid possible defibrillation of victims of cardiac arrest. To do this the AHA wants to place AEDs in the hands of trained, nontraditional rescuers. These include police, security guards, and family members of patients at high risk for cardiac arrest. This dramatically increases the victim's chances of survival. The fourth link in the Chain of Survival is advanced care.
Paramedics give basic life support and defibrillation as well as more advanced care.
They can give cardiac drugs and insert endotracheal breathing tubes.