Have you heard of the word defibrillator? It is sad that most of us are not aware of the word or a few of us know that it is something that is used during emergency. Defibrillators are devices that send electric energy or electric current in therapeutic amounts to the heart which has stopped the natural rhythm due to blockage or many other medical reasons. When the heart receives such shocks there is high percentage of it to resume back to the working condition i.e. deliberately coming back to life.

Now one would know the importance of defibrillators. Till quiet some time back the defibrillator was available and used in hospitals only. But having realized the importance of the device and with the growth in technology automated external defibrillator were introduced. Though the device is being used now, its importance or souly the existence of the device has not been fully felt by many. The automated external defibrillator or aed works automatically when it finds a situation where the heart has lost its beating capacity due to medical reasons and takes over. For more on defibrillators log on to defibrillators.us. American Heart Association has published if aed is used 50,000 lived can be saved in a year

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