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Friday, February 10, 2012 8:22:36 AM
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Defibrillator
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Many CFS appliances are now carrying Automatic External Defibrillators (AED), or
more commonly known just as a Defibrillator. Contrary to popular belief, the
AED actually stops the heart using an electric shock
allowing the body to restart the heart into a normal rhythm. A definition of
Defibrillation is ' treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles
(usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator)'.