Assertion: external defibrillator | /r/SimilarTo | device
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text: Automated External Defibrillator means a device that: Is used to administer an electric shock through the chest wall to the heart; Has built-in computers within the device to assess the patient’s heart rhythm, judge whether defibrillation is needed, and then administer the shock; Has audible or visual prompts, or both, to guide the user through the process; Has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration of its pre-market modification, filed pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 360 (k); Is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation and rapid ventricular tachycardia and is capable of determining without intervention by an operator whether defibrillation should be performed; and Upon determining the defibrillation should be performed, either automatically charges and delivers an electrical impulse to an individual’s heart or charges and delivers an electrical impulse at the command of the operator.