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Automated external defibrillator
An
automated external defibrillator (AED)
is a
electronic device
that automatically diagnoses the life-threatening
cardiac
arrhythmias
of
ventricular fibrillation
and
ventricular tachycardia
in a
patient
, and is able to treat them through
defibrillation
, the application of electrical therapy which stops the arrhythmia, allowing the heart to reestablish an effective rhythm.
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