Automated external defibrillator

English for EMT's I
Vocabulary Term #1468
Noun (thing)
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AED (Automated external defibrillator)
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a portable device that can detect and treat cardiac arrhythmia by means of powerful electric shocks
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"When the patient was hooked up to the AED it showed an arrhythmia and administered a small shock to correct it."