Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game’s (IDFG) goal is to supply Idaho Department of Fish and Game Region 1 Conservation Officer’s patrol vehicles with Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs).  IDFG Conservation Officers work in remote areas where medical facilities can be hours away by road.  Officers make personal contact with 20,000 people a year, and they are routinely first on scene to remote medical emergencies.  Being first on scene means officers need the necessary medical equipment to render aid until paramedics arrive, sometimes this means the difference of life and death for an individual in a cardiac emergency, AEDs have been shown to increase the rate of survivability 5 fold.