The CardioReady® designation program establishes much-needed standards and guidelines for the meetings and conventions industry.

The CardioReady certification process incorporates the American Heart Association's Automated External Defibrillator (AED) program recommendations, and includes an assessment of a property, the installation, implementation, and maintenance of AEDs. It also includes the training of onsite personnel using the American Heart Association's Heartsaver AED curriculum or equivalent and following accepted best practices in compliance with local and state regulations.

Meeting professionals can easily identify hotels, convention centers and other meeting facilities with AED programs that have undergone independent evaluation and have received one of the designations listed on the right, which will be noted on each facility’s detail page across the StarCite Online Marketplace.

This facility is fully compliant and has been CardioReady® certified!


This facility's meeting space and common gathering areas are fully compliant and have been CardioReady® certified!


This facility has a cardiac emergency program with public access to AEDs, and the remaining steps to become CardioReady® certified are under consideration.


This facility has a cardiac emergency program with AEDs accessible to staff-only, and the remaining steps to become CardioReady® certified are under consideration.


This facility does not have a permanent cardiac emergency program with AEDs, but can provide onsite professional emergency response with AEDs upon request.


This facility either has or is in the process of implementing a cardiac emergency program, and is being evaluated for a CardioReady® designation.