automated external defibrillator
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portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia in a patient
Key facts
- Acronym
- AED
- Synonyms
- defibrillator, defib
- Specialty
- Cardiology , emergency medicine
- Inventor s
- Frank Pantridge
- Related items
- Manual defibrillator
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- defibrillator
- Image
- Emergency medical responder (EMR).JPG
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- Commons category
- Automated external defibrillators
- OpenStreetMap tag
- emergency=defibrillator
- short name
- DAE
- sRGB color hex triplet
- FF0000
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Encyclopedic overview
An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and pulseless ventricular tachycardia, and is able to treat them through defibrillation, the application of electricity which stops the arrhythmia, allowing the heart to re-establish an effective rhythm.
With simple audio and visual commands, AEDs are designed to be simple to use for the layperson, and the use of AEDs is taught in many first aid, certified first responder, and basic life support (BLS) level cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) classes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “automated external defibrillator” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.