Biomaterial Database

JAMA patient page. Automated external defibrillators. 2006

Janet M Torpy, and Cassio Lynm, and Richard M Glass

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D004630	Emergencies	Situations or conditions requiring immediate intervention to avoid serious adverse results.	Emergency
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014693	Ventricular Fibrillation	A potentially lethal cardiac arrhythmia that is characterized by uncoordinated extremely rapid firing of electrical impulses (400-600/min) in HEART VENTRICLES. Such asynchronous ventricular quivering or fibrillation prevents any effective cardiac output and results in unconsciousness (SYNCOPE). It is one of the major electrocardiographic patterns seen with CARDIAC ARREST.	Fibrillation, Ventricular,Fibrillations, Ventricular,Ventricular Fibrillations
D047548	Defibrillators	Cardiac electrical stimulators that apply brief high-voltage electroshocks to the HEART. These stimulators are used to restore normal rhythm and contractile function in hearts of patients who are experiencing VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION or ventricular tachycardia (TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR) that is not accompanied by a palpable PULSE. Some defibrillators may also be used to correct certain noncritical dysrhythmias (called synchronized defibrillation or CARDIOVERSION), using relatively low-level discharges synchronized to the patient's ECG waveform. (UMDNS, 2003)	Automated External Defibrillators,Defibrillators, External,Electric Shock Cardiac Stimulators,Stimulators, Electrical, Cardiac, Shock,Automated External Defibrillator,Defibrillator,Defibrillator, Automated External,Defibrillator, External,Defibrillators, Automated External,External Defibrillator,External Defibrillator, Automated,External Defibrillators,External Defibrillators, Automated