What is an AED?
An AED is a medical device designed to quickly analyze the heart’s rhythm and safely deliver an electric shock, if needed. An AED will not shock someone if the heart rhythm is not life-threatening. Most AED’s guide its user through the rescue process with simple audible and visual prompts.
How Does an AED Help?
The use of an AED is the single most effective way to restore the normal rhythm of a heart quivering in ventricular fibrillation.
The heart has an internal electrical system that controls the rhythm of the heartbeat. Either a primary electrical heart condition or a structural heart condition which disrupts the heart’s normal electrical pathway can abruptly and without warning stop the heart from beating. These heart conditions can also cause the heart to beat so rapidly and chaotically that oxygen-rich blood flow to the brain ceases causing a person to lose consciousness in seconds. This rapid and chaotic heartbeat is called ventricular fibrillation (VF). Ventricular fibrillation is the most common cause of sudden cardiac arrest. Rapid treatment is critical and can be lifesaving. Unless an emergency shock using an AED is delivered to the heart to defibrillate it and restore its regular rhythm, death can occur within minutes.
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