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Products ship in original manufacturer packaging with full OEM warranty.
The Cardiac Science Wall-Mount Sleeve is the manufacturer's dedicated storage bracket for Powerheart-series automated external defibrillators housed in their soft carrying case. Built from metal with a weight of 1.75 lbs (0.79 kg), the sleeve secures the AED in a vertical, ready-to-grab position so first responders can deploy the device within the critical first three minutes of sudden cardiac arrest — the window in which defibrillation has the highest survival yield.
The 180-2022-001 sleeve is engineered to fit the following Cardiac Science defibrillators when stored inside the OEM Powerheart carrying case:
A wall sleeve and a wall cabinet serve the same goal — fast retrieval — but they trade off differently. A cabinet adds a door, often an alarm, and tamper deterrence, which suits hallways open to the public. A sleeve removes every barrier between the responder and the device.
For supervised environments — back offices, behind reception desks, staff-only corridors, equipment rooms, and inside training facilities — the sleeve cuts retrieval time and costs a fraction of a cabinet.
Mounting height matters more than mount type. Under the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, the operable handle of an AED must sit no higher than 48 inches above the finished floor for an unobstructed forward reach, or 54 inches for an unobstructed side reach. Objects mounted between 27 and 80 inches above the finished floor cannot protrude more than 4 inches into walkways, corridors, or aisles — the rule that disqualifies many bulky cabinets from narrow hallway installations.
The 7-inch depth of the 180-2022-001 means it should not be installed in a circulation path where its bottom edge falls in that 27–80 inch range. Place it on a wall recess, inside a room, or with the bottom edge below 27 inches if the 4-inch protrusion limit applies.
The sleeve mounts to drywall, masonry, or wood studs using standard #8 or #10 wall anchors and screws (hardware is not included from the manufacturer). Two mounting holes are pre-drilled on the back plate.
