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What Is An AED In First Aid?

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What Is An AED In First Aid? An AED, or automated external defibrillator, is used to help those experiencing sudden cardiac arrest. It’s a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use, medical device that can analyze the heart’s rhythm and, if necessary, deliver an electrical shock, or defibrillation, to help the heart re-establish an effective rhythm. When should you

What Heart Rhythm Does An AED Shock?

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What Heart Rhythm Does An AED Shock? The AED treats only a heart in ventricular fibrillation (VF), an irregular heart rhythm. In cardiac arrest without VF, the heart doesn’t respond to electric currents but needs medications. Will an AED shock a beating heart? An AED will automatically analyse the heart rhythm of a pulse less