defibrillator /de·fib·ril·la·tor/ (de-fib″rĭ-la´ter) an electronic apparatus used to counteract atrial or ventricular fibrillation by application of a brief electric shock to the heart.
automatic external defibrillator (AED),
defibrillator (dēfib´rilā´tur),
automatic external defibrillator
automatic external defibrillator (AED) a portable defibrillator designed to be automated such that it can be used by persons without substantial medical training who are responding to a cardiac emergency.
automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator see under cardioverter.
automatic external defibrillator (AED),
a portable defibrillator designed to be automated such that it can be used by persons without substantial medical training who are responding to a cardiac emergency.
defibrillator (dēfib´rilā´tur),
n a device for defibrillating the ventricles of the heart.
defibrillator, automatic external (AED),
n a mobile electric device attached to the abdomen or chest that terminates erratic heartbeat by shock, thereby restoring the normal cardiac rhythm.
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Automatic external defibrillator.
automatic external defibrillator
Smart defibrillator Cardiology A device designed to monitor the heart's electric activity and, if ventricular fibrillation is identified, deliver an electric shock. See Defibrillator, Ventricular
fibrillation.
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