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  • (1) "Account" means the Automatic External Defibrillator Restricted Account, created in Section 26-8b-602.
  • (2) "Automatic external defibrillator" or "AED" means an automated or automatic computerized medical device that:
    • (a) has received pre-market notification approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. Sec. 360(k);
    • (b) is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia;
    • (c) is capable of determining, without intervention by an operator, whether defibrillation should be performed; and
    • (d) upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges, enabling delivery of, or automatically delivers, an electrical impulse through the chest wall and to a person's heart.
  • (3) "Bureau" means the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, within the department.
  • (4) "Cardiopulmonary resuscitation" or "CPR" means artificial ventilation or external chest compression applied to a person who is unresponsive and not breathing.
  • (5) "Emergency medical dispatch center" means a public safety answering point, as defined in Section 63H-7a-103, that is designated as an emergency medical dispatch center by the bureau.
  • (6) "Sudden cardiac arrest" means a life-threatening condition that results when a person's heart stops or fails to produce a pulse.




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