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An AED, or Automated External Defibrillator, is used in an attempt to shock a person's heart--who is either in ventricular tachycardia (V-tach) or ventricular fibrillation (V-fib)--into a effective heart rhythm that will cause the heart of pump blood.

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Persons heart stops (Oh no, heart attack, if only I had an AED to bring him back!) (Look! AED! Use it!) (Bzzt!) Hes back! Real answer: Most common cause of Cardiac arrest, is Ventricular Fibrillation. This is frequently reversible when an AED is used immediately.....


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