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AED - Automated External Defibrillator. They're portable device defibrillator which can deliver an electric shock. As I understand it, it detects an abnormal he
by 5555624 1y ago
AED - Automated External Defibrillator. They're portable device defibrillator which can deliver an electric shock. As I understand it, it detects an abnormal heart rhythm and shocks the rhythm back to normal. Note that there are some situations where they will not work. (For example, Pulseless Electrical Activity or PEA is "non-shockable.")
- dreamcompiler 1y agoCorrect. The shockable rhythms are ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia (racing heart). Fortunately these rhythms occur in many heart attacks. Unfortunately PEA and asystole (flatline) do too, and shocking won't fix those -- despite what movies and TV would often have you believe.
- FireBeyond 1y agoPrecisely. Well, when you're talking about AEDs - VF and VT. Defib is more like rebooting a malfunctioning heart, versus jump starting it. Paramedics with a manual defibrillator can do other things with other rhythms, but AEDs are limited to those.
- 5555624 1y ago> despite what movies and TV would often have you believe. Yeah, I found out the hard way, suffering PEA. AEDs are great; but, people should still learn CPR.
- pipes 1y agoThanks :)