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Weigh the pros and cons to see if you should get one. By Mayo Clinic Staff. An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a portable device that can be used to treat a person whose heart has suddenly stopped working. This condition is called sudden cardiac arrest.
An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a lightweight, portable device. It delivers an electric shock through the chest to the heart when it detects an abnormal rhythm and changes the rhythm back to normal.
In the hospital setting, defibrillators are used to deliver a jolt of electricity to the person's chest to get the heart beating again. Outside of the hospital, automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are portable devices that are used to revive someone suffering cardiac arrest.
Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) play a significant role in treating ventricular fibrillation during sudden cardiac arrest, as they enhance survival chances when used in combination with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
An automated external defibrillator or automatic electronic defibrillator (AED) is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and pulseless ventricular tachycardia, [1] and is able to treat them through defibrillation, the application of electricity which ...
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An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a safe, easy-to-use, portable device that can deliver an electric shock to a person in cardiac arrest, if needed to restart their heart.
The automated external defibrillator (AED) is a computerized medical device. It's battery powered with adhesive defibrillator pads that are applied to the chest to allow an electrical current to pass through to the heart to reset the heart's normal electrical current.
This case report describes a patient in Sweden who had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and received defibrillation with an automated external defibrillator delivered by a drone (shown in a...