Automatic external defibrillator, defined

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As used in this chapter “automatic external defibrillator”, or “AED,” means a device that has received approval of its pre-market notification by the United States Food and Drug Administration pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., and is: capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid tachycardia; capable of determining, without intervention by an operator, whether defibrillation should be performed; and upon making such determination, automatically charges and requests delivery of an electrical impulse to individual's heart.


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