List of EMS abbreviations and definitions

List of EMS Abbreviations and Definitions

Fire Department
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Definitions

 * automated external defibrillator (AED) = a device which interrupts a heart's irratic rhythm by sending an electric shock. An AED is an automated defibrillator used for patients without a ICD (implanted defibrillator) who's heart is in ventrical fibrillation (VF).