Name the given device :
Correct Answer: Automated External Defibrillator
Description: Above image is of Automated External Defibrillator It is advanced, microprocessor-based poable device High specificity and sensitivity in differentiating shockable from nonshockable rhythms. Delivers an electric shock through the chest to the hea Shock can potentially stop an irregular hea beat (arrhythmia) and allow a normal rhythm to resume following sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) Deliver some type of biphasic waveform shock. Compared with monophasic shocks, biphasic shocks deliver energy in two directions with equivalent efficacy at lower energy levels and possibly with less myocardial injury. When using AEDs, one electrode pad is placed beside the upper right sternal border, just below the clavicle, and the other pad is placed just lateral to the left nipple, with the top of the pad a few inches below the axilla
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